Updated: 6:27 PM EST Mar 1, 2021 A South Carolina police officer killed in an ambush by a man during a domestic violence call lay wounded outside a home for more than an hour before he got help, authorities said.Myrtle Beach police said Officer Jacob Hancher fell between two parked cars and the gunman kept firing at officers, creating more confusion.Even after the shooting stopped, police decided it was too dangerous and other people might be threatened, choosing to wait more than 50 minutes for a SWAT team and an armored vehicle to check the scene thoroughly, according to a State Law Enforcement Division report on the Oct. 3 shooting. Above video was published on Oct. 5, 2020.The gunman, John Aycoth, also was killed in the shooting. Prosecutors cleared the other five officers who fired that night of any criminal charges. One other officer was struck by bullet fragments in the knee, recovered, and is back at work, authorities said.Hancher was the first officer to respond t
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âItâs tough to watchâ: MBPD releases new video related to October death of officer
MBPD releases new video related to October death of officer By Brad Dickerson | February 26, 2021 at 11:00 AM EST - Updated February 26 at 6:35 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) â Members of the Myrtle Beach Police Department released new information into the events surrounding the deadly shooting that claimed one of their officers last fall.
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The department released new dash cam video and audio from the Oct. 3, 2020 shooting that killed Myrtle Beach Police Ofc. Jacob Hancher. That updated information was released Friday afternoon.
Hancher was responding to a domestic violence call when shots were fired. He was killed as a result of the shooting, while a second officer was injured.
GRAPHIC: SLED, MBPD release timeline, dashcam from night Pfc. Hancher was killed
SLED, MBPD release timeline, dashcam from night Pfc. Hancher was killed By Kristin Nelson and Brad Dickerson | February 26, 2021 at 2:59 PM EST - Updated February 26 at 6:37 PM Myrtle Beach Police PFC Jacob Hancher (Source: Serve & Connect via Facebook)
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) â The State Law Enforcement Division and Myrtle Beach Police Department released information that reveals the final moments of Myrtle Beach Police Ofc. Jacob Hancherâs life after he was shot while responding to a call last year.
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Hancher and Ptl. Andrew Wangstad were the first to respond to a domestic call on Oct. 3 in the 400 block of 14th Avenue South when shots were fired. Hancher was killed as a result of the shooting, while Wangstad, was shot in the leg.
Team of cyclists to depart from Mount Pleasant to deliver wreaths for fallen officers Myrtle Beach Police Officer Jacob Hancher, Horry County Police Lance Cpl. Melton Fox Gore, Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety Sgt. Gordon William Best (Source: Serve & Connect via Facebook; Horry County Police; Myrtle Beach Dept. of Public Safety) By Patrick Phillips | January 29, 2021 at 5:06 AM EST - Updated January 29 at 5:53 AM
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - A group of cyclists will leave from Mount Pleasant early Friday on a mission to deliver wreaths to three law enforcement agencies that recently lost officers in the line of duty.