Overview
- Columbia police say a responding officer was killed and a second was wounded in a gunfire exchange at a park on Saturday after officers followed up on a domestic-dispute report.
- The slain officer was identified as 29-year-old Christopher DeLong Jr., a two-year department veteran who is survived by his wife and two young children.
- A second officer, David Dymock, was hospitalized with injuries and is reported to be in stable condition.
- Police named the suspect as 33-year-old Adam Tyler Dowdy, who was killed in the exchange and who officials say had a lengthy arrest record across multiple states.
- The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are assisting the Columbia Police Department in an active investigation while city officials and neighboring agencies have publicly mourned DeLong and supported the injured officer and his family.