Overview
- Columbia police said one officer, Christopher DeLong Jr., was killed and a second was wounded in a gunfight on Saturday with a suspect who also died, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is leading the investigation.
- Georgetown officers shot and killed a man after a violent struggle on the downtown square on Saturday, and the Texas Rangers have opened an independent probe into that officer-involved shooting.
- Lexington police reported four separate shootings over about seven hours that left two people dead and two injured, and local violence-prevention group ONE Lexington mobilized crisis outreach to affected families.
- Large weekend shooting clusters also hit Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Paul, leaving multiple victims hospitalized, few immediate arrests and investigators asking the public for tips and video from the scenes.
- Officials say the string of weekend incidents has strained local response capacity, is drawing multi-agency reviews, and could increase focus on prevention programs and on collecting civilian footage to speed investigations.