DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A private school in Darlington has raised $30,000 for the families of seven officers who authorities say were shot during an ambush earlier this year.
The Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School presented checked for $4,825 to each officer or their family on Tuesday.
Florence Police Sgt. Terrence Carrway and Florence County Sheriff’s investigator Farrah Turner were killed in the Oct. 3 shooting and five other police officers and deputies were injured.
Head of School Ed Hoffman told the Morning-News of Florence that the shooting hit close to home because the school’s administrative assistant, Beth Miller, is the stepmother of one of the wounded officers.
The school held fundraisers, a concert and sold T-shirts to collect the money.
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Information from: Morning News, http://www.scnow.com
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