Florence, SC (WLTX) - Francis Marion University is naming a new park on campus in honor of Farrah Turner, the Florence County deputy killed in the line of duty.
The school's trustees approved the move this week.
Turner was a 2005 graduate of the school. She died October 22, nearly three weeks after being wounded during a mass shooting at a house in Florence.
The school says the park will be "an intimate and reflective space set amidst the Forest Villa residential apartments on campus. It will include benches, trails, plantings and a distinctive water feature. It’s part of FMU’s ongoing enhancement of residential areas on campus."
The park is set to open in early 2019, and a dedication ceremony will be held next spring.
Turner was a investigator with the sheriff's office in their special crimes unit, and was one of seven officers that were hit by gunfire during the shooting in a Florence neighborhood on October 3. Florence police officer Terrence Carraway was also killed in the shooting.
Four of the other five wounded officers have since been released from the hospital.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Turner and two of her fellow deputies had gone to the home to serve a warrant and talk to a man about sexual assault allegations that had been made against him. Before the officers could enter the home, however, Lott says the suspect's father 'ambushed' the officers by firing multiple shots at them. The alleged shooter then began firing at other officers who responded to the scene, according to investigators.
He surrendered after two hours. He's since been charged with murder in the deaths of Carraway and Turner, and the attempted murder of the other officers.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered all flags statewide to be lowered until the end of Sunday in her honor.