COLUMBIA â The disbarred attorney charged with ambushing law enforcement officers in a deadly mass shooting in Florence told a judge Friday he doesn t want his victims to benefit from any assets he may have left after spending the past two years in jail. I don t want a dime to go to the victims, Frederick Hopkins Jr. said. Not a dime.
Hopkins blurted out his wishes in a response to a suggestion Judge Eugene Griffith Jr. made aimed at getting the accused sharpshooter legal counsel. Griffith said Hopkins might qualify for a public defender if he placed his assets with a court-appointed receiver, leaving him indigent and potentially providing money for victims of the Oct. 3, 2018, shooting.