South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police

Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office

SC Fallen Officers – May 3

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May 3

Today, we remember Marion County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Donald Ray Hayes, Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff William Howell, Jr., and Kershaw County Constable Richard F. Rowell.

On this date in 1987, Deputy Sheriff Donald Hayes succumbed to a gunshot wound received the previous day while serving an arrest warrant for simple assault. He was survived by his wife and three children.

On this date in 2008, Deputy Sheriff William Howell was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance on Boyer Road at approximately 1:30 am. He is survived by his wife and four sons.

On this date in 1876, Constable R.F. Rowell was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a horse thief.

SC Fallen Officers – April 12

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Today, we remember West Columbia Police Department Officer Daniel Wayne Cogburn, Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office Corporal Tommy Prezzy, and County of Orangeburg Magistrate Jefferson Davis Wiggins.

On this date in 1983, Officer Cogburn was shot and killed by a suspect while writing a traffic ticket. The shooter had nothing to do with the traffic stop and fired out of the car window as he drove by the vehicles. The suspect was apprehended and executed for the crime in 1996.

On this date in 1999, Corporal Prezzy was killed after losing control of his patrol car and running off the road. The vehicle flipped several times, and he was ejected.

On this date in 1920, Magistrate Davis was shot and killed while he was attempting to arrest a subject for a prohibition violation.