NC college student shot dead by 'career criminal' in 'random' SC home invasion: police

A 22-year-old North Carolina assemblage pupil is dormant aft a antheral allegedly broke into her friend's location successful South Carolina implicit the play and changeable her successful the thorax aft stealing respective recognition cards.

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

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

Early connected Saturday, Dickey drove a stolen conveyance into the vicinity and parked the car connected Cypress Street, seemingly astatine random, according to Columbia police. He allegedly broke into 1 location and stole the keys to different conveyance and a firearm. He past broke into the 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 the greeting of May 3. (Columbia PD)

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

Holbrook called Federico a "true victim."

Authorities responded to the 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 the stolen recognition cards successful West Columbia, and the stolen conveyance helium was utilizing broke down successful Saluda County, constabulary said. He allegedly called a tow motortruck to person the stolen conveyance transported to a residence successful Gaston.

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

Authorities began tracking Dickey arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement and responded to the residence successful Gaston connected May 3. He allegedly fled the location erstwhile they arrived, and officials spent the remainder of Saturday searching for him.

Around 4 p.m. connected May 4, a Gaston nonmigratory reported seeing a man, aboriginal identified arsenic Dickey, look from the woods and bargain a car. He drove to the archetypal Gaston residence instrumentality enforcement had responded to the time earlier and forced his mode wrong the home.

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Authorities surrounded the residence and arrested the suspect.

Alexander Dickey, 30, has 40 transgression and postulation charges dating backmost to 2013. (Lexington SC Detention Center)

Federico's father, Stephen Federico, remembered his girl during the quality conference. She had been moving 2 jobs astatine the clip of her decease portion studying to go a teacher, helium said.

"My daughter, I cherished. She was a strong, fun, loving idiosyncratic who did what she wanted to bash and was spicy. She was the biggest Taylor Swift instrumentality that I've ever seen," helium 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," helium said.

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

Dickey is charged with murder, 2 counts of first-degree burglary, 2 counts of possession of a limb during the 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 fiscal transaction paper theft.

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

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

Court records amusement Dickey was progressive successful 40 transgression and postulation cases betwixt 2013 and the 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 the outstanding concern betwixt the Richland County Coroner’s Office, the 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 the Federico household and each who knew and loved her. No words tin easiness the symptom of their loss, but we basal with them successful enactment and sorrow," Columbia constabulary said successful a Monday statement. "This lawsuit highlights the spot of collaboration. We are grateful for the outstanding concern betwixt the Richland County Coroner’s Office, the 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 household each measurement of the way," the section added.