After a Lexington County home invasion that left his former wife dead, a suspect also ended up dead following a chase with law enforcement.

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon and Town of Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green told reporters that at about 1:26 a.m. Sept. 6, deputies responded to a home invasion in the Rocky Springs subdivision along the 100 block of Prismatic Way. The subdivision, located off Calks Ferry Rd., sits about 13 minutes away from downtown Lexington.

According to the Lexington County Coroner’s Office, Jamal Walker, a 39-year-old from Columbia, shot and killed his ex-wife, 36-year-old Dominique Bolen Walker, during the invasion of her home.

“When our folks got there, we responded to hear a gunshot, made entry through the door. pretty much immediately upon making entry, one of my deputies was shot, and retreated,” Koon said, noting that there was a forced entry toward the rear of the house. “Shortly thereafter, the suspect left in the victim's car, stole the car and plowed through a closed garage door.”

Officers from the Lexington Police Department responded to the call that an officer had been shot, and a chase ensued for several miles, basically up and down Calks Ferry Rd. around Interstate 20, the sheriff said. Koon noted that it was lucky that no deputies were standing near the garage door to be hit when the suspect ran through it.

“The Highway Patrol was able to deploy a tire deflation device and slow down the car,” Koon said. “Along the chase, the suspect was shooting multiple rounds at our officers. As the car came to a stop right ... the suspect jumped out of the car with his handgun still. More gunfire was exchanged, we were able to incapacitate the suspect. Ultimately, he was pronounced deceased.”

According to a release from the sheriff’s department, Jamal Walker was fatally struck in the 2900 block of Two Notch Road.

“Ms. Walker was shot multiple times in the upper body and died of her injuries at the scene,” the coroner’s office posted to Facebook. “Mr. Jamal Walker then fled the scene and was pursued by law enforcement and died at another location due to multiple gunshots to the body.”

Autopsies are set to be performed at MUSC the morning of Sept. 8.

The victim’s 9-year-old son, the father of whom was Jamal Walker, wasn’t hurt but was transported to the hospital for observation along with the deputy who was shot in the upper body. The unidentified deputy was set to have surgery the morning of Sept. 6 and is expected to recover, Koon said.

“According to my standard procedure, [the state Law Enforcement Division is on scene],” Koon said, noting that he and Chief Green requested that SLED come investigate the officer-involved shooting.

Both Koon and Green asked for prayers for their officers as they cope following the shooting of one of their own and for the 9-year-old boy, who lost his mother and father in one tragic night.

“His world was turned upside down, and he didn’t even know it. We asked him, ‘Who can we call?’ and he said, ‘Call my granddad.’ Certainly, we’re going to walk with this family and carry the ball to the goal line.”

Koon said the family will have access to counseling through his department and that their victim’s advocate would be reaching out to the grandfather.

The deceased victim and suspect divorced in about 2022, the sheriff said.

“Recently we've been over to that residence where the female resided with some harassing phone call type reports, nothing that would indicate this level of violence,” Koon added. “The male half does have some criminal history from several years ago in Florida. Nothing too serious. So no real way to tell at this point what spurred this along, but we certainly will look into it and keep the public updated.”

Koon called it a “long, tough night,” and Green asked the public to keep in their thoughts the officers who survived the incident.

“We want to ask the Lexington community to keep us in prayers while we go through this,” the chief said.

This is a developing story and will continue to be updated.