FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Fred Hopkins, who killed two Florence County officers during a 2018 ambush at his home, died in prison on Saturday.
Hopkins, who was 81, died at 1:17 a.m. at the state Department of Correction’s hospital wing at MUSC Chester, an agency spokeswoman confirmed to News13.
Hopkins in 2023 was sentenced to life in prison on two murder charges for shooting and killing two officers and wounding several others outside his home in the Vintage Place neighborhood more than seven years ago. He was also given 30 years on each of the five attempted murder charges he faced…