VIDEO: South Carolina Officer Killed in Crash of Two Patrol Cars
A four-year veteran of the Columbia Police Department was killed in a crash while responding to a shots fired call on Saturday night.
Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said 37-year-old Stacy L. Case died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash with a University of South Carolina Police Department SUV at the intersection of College and Park Streets at about 10:15 p.m. on Saturday.

VIDEO: South Carolina Officer Killed in Crash of Two Patrol Cars
A four-year veteran of the Columbia Police Department was killed in a crash while responding to a shots fired call on Saturday night.
Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said 37-year-old Stacy L. Case died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash with a University of South Carolina Police Department SUV at the intersection of College and Park Streets at about 10:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Officer Case was responding to a report of shots fired at Gervais and Lincoln Streets at the time. The incident was later determined to be a suicide.
Chief Holbrook said Officer Case was taken by EMS to Palmetto Health Richland Hospital where she died.
A University of South Carolina spokesperson tells WIS USCPD officer Sgt. Allan Bolin is in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries.

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