South Carolina officer who fatally shot man in Georgetown arrested, solicitor says
The South Carolina police officer who shot and killed a Hemingway man over the weekend is in custody, according to 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson.
Cassandra Ann Dollard, 52, of Hemingway was booked into the Georgetown County jail on a voluntary manslaughter charge Wednesday afternoon. Her arrest is in connection to the death Robert Langley, 46, who died after a police chase ended in a wreck and shooting Sunday in Georgetown County.
Family members and attorneys held a press conference Wednesday morning in Georgetown County. Family members talked about a loved one lost too soon and how Langley had a laugh like no one else.
After the shooting, Langley was taken to Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital, where he died, according to Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway. An autopsy will be performed Friday at Medical University of South Carolina.
Dollard, with the Hemingway Police Department in Williamsburg County, shot Langley after pursuing him in a chase that crossed county lines, ultimately ending in a wreck at Choppee and Schoolhouse roads, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post on Sunday.
Details of what lead to the chase and fatal shooting have not been released.
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the incident.
The Hemingway Police Department was established July 2021, according to a Facebook post from the agency. At the time, the department had three officers, including the chief, according to the post.
This story was originally published February 9, 2022 at 12:31 PM.