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Monday 29 october 2018

South Carolina mass shooting: Slain deputy mourned

By The Associated Press ence Police Sgt. Terrence
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A Carraway died that day
South Carolina sheriff’s and several other officers
deputy who died from were wounded.
wounds suffered in a mass Rescuers had to use an ar-
shooting earlier this month mored vehicle to move the
was remembered Sunday wounded officers to safety
at her funeral as a dedi- because Hopkins kept firing
cated peace officer who from his home at the end
always had a smile. of a cul-de-sac, which al-
The funeral for Florence lowed him an unobstructed
County Sheriff’s Investiga- view for several blocks, ac-
tor Farrah Turner, 36, drew cording to officials. He also
relatives and colleagues had two children inside the
together along with law en- house.
forcement representatives Hopkins is charged with
from around the country. two counts of murder and
Turner was part of a team five counts of attempted
that investigated sex crimes murder.
against children, a job her The man Turner and her
boss Sheriff Kenney Boone colleagues were going to
called one of the hardest question, Hopkins’ 28-year-
on the force. old son Seth Hopkins, has
“She dedicated her life to Katie Godwin, mother of fallen Florence County Sheriff’s Investigator Farrah Turner, is escorted been charged with crimi-
serving the victims of the by an official before the funeral for her daughter, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at the Florence Center nal sexual conduct with a
worst crimes imaginable,” in Florence, S.C. Turner died from injuries she sustained in the line of duty on Wednesday, Oct. 3. minor against two different
Boone said when he an- Associated Press. girls.
nounced her death earlier. ford to pay her to work at She died on Oct. 22 — 19 possible sexual abuse of a An arrest warrant said one
Before joining the sex crime its prom. days after she was shot in minor. of the girls was younger
unit, Turner was a police Turner began her career what authorities said was Frederick Hopkins, 74, then than 11 when the abuse
officer serving in schools with the Florence County a gunman’s ambush on fired more shots at city of happened nearly 10 years
in a local district. Officials Sheriff’s Office in 2006, and her and two other deputies Florence police officers try- ago. The other girl, who was
said she even volunteered was named investigator of coming to a home in an ing to rescue Turner and between 11 and 14, was
her time for security when the year in 2016, according upscale Florence County the wounded deputies, ac- abused in the past year, a
a high school couldn’t af- to her obituary. subdivision to investigate cording to authorities. Flor- warrant said. q

President Trump marks

Halloween at the White House

By Associated Press stalks, as a military band played spooky
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald music.
Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are Trump and the first lady were not dressed
marking Halloween at the White House up, but smiled, chatted and posed for
by handing out candy to kids at a festive photos with the kids as they distributed
event on the South Lawn. treats from wicker baskets.
The couple appeared Sunday at the Hal- The White House said the event was at-
loween event, passing out White House tended by military families and local chil-
President Donald Trump holds up part of a child’s halloween
costume as he and first lady Melania Trump give candy to chil- Hershey bars and Twizzlers to children dren.
dren during a Halloween trick-or-treat event at the White House, dressed as superheros, astronauts and Trump made no remarks at the event,
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, in Washington. princesses. The South Portico was deco- which came a day after a massacre at a
Associated Press. rated with pumpkins, hay bales and corn- Pittsburgh synagogue.q