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Police Officer III

Allen Lee Jacobs

Greenville Police Department — Greenville, SC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 18, 2016

Age 28

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 6 mo

Badge 32

The Vigil Panel 165 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 11

Incident

Police Officer Allen Lee Jacobs was shot multiple times as he and other Community Response Team officers attempted to interview a known gang member at a home near Rebecca Street and Ackley Road, in the Nicholtown neighborhood.

When the subject saw the officers, he fled on foot onto a wooded path with officers in pursuit. He was chased into the backyard of a home, where he fatally shot Officer Jacobs at least three times. Officer Jacobs had never drawn his weapon. The subject continued fleeing but encountered other officers who had set up a perimeter. He committed suicide before he could be taken into custody.

Other officers rendered aid to Officer Jacobs, who was transported to the hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

The suspect was a 17-year-old who had just been released early from prison.

Officer Jacobs was a decorated United States Army veteran and served with the Greenville Police Department for 4-1/2 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his expectant wife, two sons, his parents, and one sister.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer III Jacobs gave the Greenville Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Greenville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Greenville Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Greenville, Greenville County, SC

Platform Identity greenvillepd.greenville.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 18, 2016

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 6 mo

Age 28

Badge Number 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Allen Lee Jacobs served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer III Allen Lee Jacobs is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In SC, 271 of 440 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.6% of this state's fallen. That is 61.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Greenville Police Department, 11 of 12 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 91.7% of this agency's fallen.

Greenville Police Department

of 12 officers

91.7% Felonious

SC — Statewide

271

of 440 officers

61.6% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious