Allen Jacobs

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.

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