Officer Down - CHARLESTON, S.C.

[Artful]

http://news.yahoo.com/officer-dead-s...164031477.html

Officer shot dead at South Carolina mall

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A South Carolina police officer was fatally shot at a mall on Wednesday after a struggle with a knife-wielding gunman, a law enforcement official said.

Greg Alia of the Forest Acres Police Department responded with two other officers to a call about a suspicious person, Police Chief Gene Sealy told reporters.

The suspect, identified as Jarvis Hall, ran from the officers into Richland Mall in Columbia, South Carolina, Sealy said. Alia caught up with him and was shot during an struggle.

Hall, who was armed with a handgun and knife, was taken into custody, the police chief said.

Alia, 32, was a seven-year veteran of the police department in Forest Acres, a suburb of Columbia, Sealy told reporters.


He was married and the father of a newborn baby, the police chief said.

"He was a role model for our new police officers," Sealy said, noting the community's deep grief.

The county sheriff's department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are assisting the police department with the investigation, he said.

Prayer for Him, Family and Friends

[DoubleAdobe]

Prayers up for a LE brother, rest now friend.

[myg30]

My prayers for him and all his family. Sorry his new born will never have known him. God be with them.
I guess this is the start of all the holiday tragedies to come.

Mike

[nagantguy]

Rest in peace, my God bring comfort to your loved ones