Nc College Student Shot Dead By 'career Criminal' In 'random' Sc Home Invasion: Police

A 22-year-old North Carolina assemblage student is dormant aft a man allegedly collapsed into her friend's location successful South Carolina complete nan play and changeable her successful nan thorax aft stealing respective in installments cards.

Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook described nan crime arsenic "random" and nan suspect, 30-year-old Alexander Dickey, arsenic a "career criminal" during a Monday property conference.

Logan Federico, an aspiring coach from Waxhaw, North Carolina, was visiting her friends successful Columbia, South Carolina, and staying astatine a location connected Cypress Street connected nan evening of May 2 done nan greeting of May 3.

Early connected Saturday, Dickey drove a stolen conveyance into nan vicinity and parked nan car connected Cypress Street, seemingly astatine random, according to Columbia police. He allegedly collapsed into 1 location and stole nan keys to different conveyance and a firearm. He past collapsed into nan location wherever Federico was staying, constabulary said.

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Logan Federico, a 22-year-old aspiring nurse, was fatally changeable during a Columbia, South Carolina, location break-in connected nan greeting of May 3. (Columbia PD)

There, Dickey allegedly stole respective in installments cards, saw Federico sleeping successful 1 of nan rooms successful nan location and fatally changeable her.

Holbrook called Federico a "true victim."

Authorities responded to nan residence astir 11 a.m., erstwhile Federico was pronounced dormant from a gunshot wound.

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The adjacent day, Dickey went connected a "shopping spree" utilizing nan stolen in installments cards successful West Columbia, and nan stolen conveyance he was utilizing collapsed down successful Saluda County, constabulary said. He allegedly called a tow motortruck to person nan stolen conveyance transported to a residence successful Gaston.

Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook described nan crime arsenic "random" and nan suspect, 30-year-old Alexander Dickey, arsenic a "career criminal" during a Monday property conference. (Columbia PD)

Authorities began search Dickey arsenic a personification of liking and responded to nan residence successful Gaston connected May 3. He allegedly fled nan location erstwhile they arrived, and officials spent nan remainder of Saturday searching for him.

Around 4 p.m. connected May 4, a Gaston resident reported seeing a man, later identified arsenic Dickey, look from nan woods and bargain a car. He drove to nan first Gaston residence rule enforcement had responded to nan time earlier and forced his measurement wrong nan home.

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Authorities surrounded nan residence and arrested nan suspect.

Alexander Dickey, 30, has 40 criminal and postulation charges making love backmost to 2013. (Lexington SC Detention Center)

Federico's father, Stephen Federico, remembered his girl during nan news conference. She had been moving 2 jobs astatine nan clip of her decease while studying to go a teacher, he said.

"My daughter, I cherished. She was a strong, fun, loving individual who did what she wanted to do and was spicy. She was nan biggest Taylor Swift instrumentality that I've ever seen," he said. "She loved and adored kids — children of each ages."

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He besides shared a connection from his girl to Dickey. "You can't termination my spirit," he said.

Stephen Federico holds a photograph of his girl during a May 5 property conference. (Columbia PD)

Dickey is charged pinch murder, 2 counts of first-degree burglary, 2 counts of possession of a limb during nan committee of a convulsive crime, possession of a limb by a convicted felon, 2 counts of expansive larceny, expansive larceny of a centrifugal vehicle, 3 counts of financial transaction paper theft.

"Dickey…he's a criminal," Holbrook said.

"He deserves to beryllium successful jailhouse for nan remainder of his life."

Court records show Dickey was progressive successful 40 criminal and postulation cases betwixt 2013 and nan present. He has convictions for breaking and entering, burglary, expansive larceny, strong-arm robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting apprehension and more.

The Columbia Police Department said it is "grateful for nan outstanding business betwixt nan Richland County Coroner’s Office, nan Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, and our City of Columbia team. Because of our associated efforts, a fishy has been identified and apprehended." (Columbia PD)

His astir caller condemnation for resisting apprehension resulted successful a 30-day situation sentence.

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"Our deepest condolences spell retired to nan Federico family and each who knew and loved her. No words tin easiness nan symptom of their loss, but we guidelines pinch them successful support and sorrow," Columbia police said successful a Monday statement. "This lawsuit highlights nan spot of collaboration. We are grateful for nan outstanding business betwixt nan Richland County Coroner’s Office, nan Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, and our City of Columbia team. Because of our associated efforts, a fishy has been identified and apprehended."

"We stay committed to pursuing justness and supporting Logan’s family each measurement of nan way," nan section added.