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Fred Hopkins Jr. — who in an abrupt about-face pleaded guilty to killing two Florence law enforcement officers and wounding five others in a 2018 ambush — now intends to appeal his conviction, according to a notice filed with the court.
Fred Hopkins Jr. received two life sentences Oct. 19 at the Florence County Justice Center. Hopkins had killed two law enforcement officers and wounded five others as they attempted to serve a warrant related to a sexual assault investigation into his son, Seth, in October 2018.
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A judge shut a courtroom from the public and reporters Thursday during pretrial motions in the death penalty case of a South Carolina man charged with killing two police officers in a 2018 ambush.