An officer is dead and a second was injured Saturday in a shooting at a South Carolina park, police chief says

Latest update from ABC News: One officer dead, one injured in a shooting at South Carolina park, police say. They were responding to a call about a domestic dispute. A South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a “gunfight” Saturday in a park that followed a call about a domestic dispute, Columbia police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said. The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, also died, Holbrook said at a news conference in the capital city. The deceased officer, 29-year-old Christopher DeLong, had been with the police department for two years and leaves behind a wife and two young children, Holbrook said. “Our hearts are broken this evening,” he said, appearing to be choked up at times. DeLong’s wife, in a social media post, praised her husband as the “best dad to our babies” and said she was “living a nightmare.” After a Saturday night news conference, Holbrook and other law enforcement officials joined in a procession from the hospital.

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