{"id":2651827,"date":"2026-08-29T22:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T02:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-killed-in-shooting-at-south-carolina-park\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T22:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T02:22:37","slug":"police-officer-killed-in-shooting-at-south-carolina-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-killed-in-shooting-at-south-carolina-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer killed in shooting at South Carolina park"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-officer-killed-in-shooting-at-south-carolina-park%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2651827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A police officer in Columbia, South Carolina, aged 29, was killed, and a second officer was injured during a shootout with a man with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-m-widower-sues-alburquerque-over-sanctuary-city-policy\/\" title=\"N.M. widower sues Alburquerque over sanctuary city policy\">extensive criminal record<\/a>. The incident occurred after officers responded to a call about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-police-order-anti-mandate-protesters-to-disperse\/\" title=\"Canadian Police Order Anti-...date Protesters to Disperse\">property destruction related<\/a> to a restraining order. When Officer Christopher DeLong approached the suspect near a vehicle, a gunbattle ensued. The suspect, identified as 33-year-old Adam Tyler Dowdy, also died in the gunfight.The second officer, David Dymock, is in stable condition. The Columbia Police DepartmentS chief expressed solidarity and confirmed that an investigation is ongoing by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. dowdy had prior arrests across multiple states for various charges. The shootout took place near South East Park, about twenty minutes from downtown Columbia.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 29-year-old <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\/\">police officer<\/a> died in Columbia, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\">South Carolina<\/a> on Saturday and a second was injured after a man with an extensive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\/\">criminal record<\/a> opened fire on the officers in a park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher DeLong responded to a call around 9:30 a.m. from a woman who said a man she had a restraining order against was \u201cdestroying property at her home,\u201d according to the <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ap.org\/home\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>. DeLong left the home about an hour later to find a man who matched the woman\u2019s description near a vehicle, at which point a \u201cgunfight\u201d broke out.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4705458\/police-officer-killed-shooting-south-carolina\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Police officer killed in shooting at South Carolina park<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4704688\/woman-indicted-world-war-ii-memorial-vandalism-clean-hands-dirty-money-soap\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Woman indicted for allegedly vandalizing World War II Memorial<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4704697\/ice-arrests-milo-yiannopoulos-judge-orders-him-deported\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ICE arrests Milo Yiannopoulos after judge orders him deported<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Columbia Police Chief W.H. \u201cSkip\u201d Holbrook said in a news conference Saturday evening that the second officer involved in the shooting, David Dymock, is in stable condition, and that DeLong had been with the department for two years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope that our officers know that they\u2019re not alone in this,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will lean on each other in this tragic time. Let\u2019s pray for this department.\u201d Holbrook did not take questions at the press conference, but said the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4700505\/eight-dead-montana-family-dinner-shooting\/\"><strong>EIGHT DEAD, INCLUDING FOUR CHILDREN, AFTER MONTANA MAN OPENS FIRE AT FAMILY DINNER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect, 33-year-old Adam Tyler Dowdy, also died in the gunfight. Holbrook said he has been arrested across at least four states, and has faced charges including disorderly conduct, contempt of court, public intoxication, possession of a controlled substance, and probation violations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/29\/us-news\/south-carolina-cops-wounded-in-shootout-near-columbia-park-suspect-killed\/\">shooting unfolded<\/a> near the South East Park, which is about a twenty minute drive from Columbia\u2019s downtown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police officer killed in Columbia park shooting Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2651828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/istock-police-siren-e1781282408640.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3967,4300,41960],"class_list":["post-2651827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-police","tag-shooting","tag-south-carolina"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/istock-police-siren-e1781282408640.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2651827"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651831,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651827\/revisions\/2651831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2651828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2651827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2651827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2651827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}