The Brief
- South Carolina authorities say Columbia Police Officer Christopher DeLong, 29, was killed and Officer David Dymock was injured in a gunfight with a suspect on Saturday morning.
- DeKalb County Superior Court records show the suspect, 33-year-old Adam Tyler Dowdy, was facing 11 misdemeanor charges, including simple battery and family violence, stemming from a June 2025 incident.
- Dowdy was also killed in the shootout and had an extensive criminal history across South Carolina, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Georgia, police reported.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A 33-year-old man accused of killing a South Carolina police officer in a weekend gunfight had a pending criminal case in metro Atlanta involving multiple domestic violence charges, according to DeKalb County court records.
What we know:
Around 9:27 a.m. Saturday, Columbia Police responded to a domestic dispute call at Holstein Lane where a woman reported a man violating a restraining order by damaging property inside her home, the Columbia Police Department said in a news conference. …