Cassandra Dollard, a Hemingway, SC officer who fatally shot Robert Langley, had been fired from 2 different law enforcement jobs, records show.
HEMINGWAY, S.C. -- A police officer in South Carolina was fired from two different law enforcement positions prior to a deadly shooting Sunday, for issues including"negligence" and"poor performance," state records obtained by ABC News reveal.
After a four-year stint with another police department, Dollard left for a job with State Transport Police, a branch of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. She was fired in 2014, after eight years, for several offenses, including"negligence in the performance of duty,""willful violation of rules" and"improper conduct."
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