Police responded to a report of an officer shot and heard more gunshots during rescue . Nearby , authorities found the bodies of Brandon Goode , 18 , and Alexandria Hollinghurst , 17 . Goode and Hollinghurst had both left suicide letters ; one of Hollinghurst 's was scathing . The days leading up to the celebrated officer 's death weave a complicated web that has left investigators puzzled over what happened . The two were students at North Carolina Central University in Orangeburg. Robert German was `` one of the finest police officers that we had in this agency ''
Police responded to a report of an officer shot and heard more gunshots during rescue . Nearby , authorities found the bodies of Brandon Goode , 18 , and Alexandria Hollinghurst , 17 . Goode and Hollinghurst had both left suicide letters ; one of Hollinghurst 's was scathing . The two were students at North Carolina Central University in Orangeburg. Robert German was `` one of the finest police officers that we had in this agency ''