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Veteran officer Master Cpl. Sandy Rogers, 48, was shot by accused gunman, Joshua Tremaine Jones, 26, when he opened fire on the officer after she approached him in his vehicle, she was pronounced dead at Aiken Regional Medical Centers later in the day.
Rogers reported being out with a blue vehicle about 7:50 a.m., she reportedly was shot as she approached the vehicle, one minute later another officer called for her..... she did not respond.
Officers called on EMS, and a chase ensued.
Aiken Public Safety officers pursued the accused shooter in excess of 100 mph from [the location of the shooting] and issued an all points bulletin search for him and the stolen vehicle he was driving.
Within hours of the shooting, state agents arrested the accused gunman at his residence. Read more;
Officer Rogers is the second Aiken Public Safety Officer shot and killed in less than 2 months.
On December 21 Aiken Master Public Safety Officer Scotty Richardson was shot and killed after he and another officer stopped a suspicious vehicle. Read more:
