On March 4, 2014, 24-year-old Rebecca Lynne Oliver died after an officer-involved shooting in Duncan, South Carolina. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance behind the Value Place motel and found Oliver with a male companion, later identified as John Allen Rockwood, who was allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle battery. Rockwood ran away on foot when an officer approached; Oliver remained and, according to authorities, entered the officer’s patrol vehicle, put it into gear and drove it toward the officer. The officer fired his service weapon, striking Oliver in the chest. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting came about two weeks after Oliver had lost her mother to cancer. She was survived by three children. The officer involved was placed on paid administrative leave while the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened an independent investigation. Oliver’s father later filed a lawsuit. Rockwood was arrested and booked at the Spartanburg County Detention Center on multiple charges connected to the incident, including car breaking, carjacking and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Did anyone in the Duncan area know Rebecca or see what happened behind the motel that night?