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Walterboro police and Colleton County deputies were sent to a disturbance Tuesday night in a parking lot off Sniders Highway near a Best Western and Ruby Tuesday. Police state that they were called because was slashing car tires. Police arrived, allegedly saw him with a knife and killed him. His family states that he was a very kind man, severe military, PTSD and a TBI head injury. He was also alignment who had worked tirelessly during hurricane Milton recovery just prior to his death. It is unknown whether he had any access to mental health support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVCXRdxb4iE

https://www.counton2.com/news/man-killed-after-colleton-county-officer-involved-shooting-identified/

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/colleton-county-sheriff-deputy-shooting-suspect-killed-ois/article_377903e2-8ba6-11ef-9689-639ae6ef31ac.html

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/colleton-county-news/friend-believes-walterboro-officer-involved-shooting-suspect-suffered-ptsd-was-a-lineman-helping-with-storm-recovery/

Neil Wade Brown died from suicide in Horry County Jail on 10/11/2024 after being arrested and put in jail last month.

https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/horry-county/horry-county-barricade-suspect-dies-days-after-attempted-suicide-at-jail/

The Laurens County Sheriff's Office shot and killed someone under undisclosed circumstances.

https://www.wyff4.com/article/laurens-county-law-enforcement-gray-court/62567579

https://www.laurenscountyadvertiser.net/2024/10/12/suspect-killed-in-lcso-deputy-involved-shooting-identified/

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/10/10/heavy-law-enforcement-presence-gray-court/

Horry County deputies chased a vehicle for undisclosed reasons at high speed until it crashed and rolled over multiple times, killing the driver and only occupant, Martin McFeely.

https://www.wmbfnews.com/2024/09/23/serious-injuries-reported-horry-county-crash/

Goose Creek PD received a call from the Joint Base Charleston Naval Weapons Station reporting that a man had barricaded himself inside a residence with a 1-month-old infant. Police arrived and established a standoff. The man died from suicide under police duress. The infant was found unharmed. Marrington Elementary and Middle Schools as well as the Child Development Center were locked down during the standoff.

https://www.postandcourier.com/berkeley-independent/community-news/hostage-situation-in-goose-creek-ends-in-tragedy/article_033f5956-7782-11ef-88b8-1b4f322beeac.html

https://www.wtoc.com/2024/09/20/suspect-dead-joint-base-charleston-lockdown-lifted-after-hostage-situation/

McBee police alleged that Alton Modlin fired at them at a traffic stop. Police escalated a manhunt involving Lee county deputies, McBee PD, Darlington County deputies and SWAT. They found him in a cornfield. Police escalated a shootout and hit his patrol car. The car caught on fire and the K9 inside died. More than 100 police cars participated in the chase. Two officers were injured. Alton Modlin was killed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=van4rb9vzUI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM8huxhxj18

https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/crime/man-wanted-for-allegedly-shooting-south-carolina-officer-dead-after-standoff-police-say/275-815b94ed-4bbf-4dd8-995e-77bee28cae8a

https://www.abccolumbia.com/2024/09/23/lee-co-sheriffs-office-mourns-loss-of-one-of-their-own/

https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/chesterfield-county/officer-shot-in-chesterfield-county-expected-to-be-okay-pd/

Ealwinne Richard Was driving a 2020 Chevrolet sedan when Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop. He did not stop and police escalated high speed chase that ended when he went off the road, struck a tree, rolled over several times and died. Police stated they felt the driver may be impaired, the reason given for the fatal chase.

https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/police-chase-ends-in-fatal-wreck/
https://www.golaurens.com/news/police-chase-ends-in-fatal-crash-on-south-harper-ext/article_160e0b14-7362-11ef-87cc-13f4e197325b.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcXkcbyAhPI

Columbia Police chased Tierra Hamer for unknown reasons at high speed until she drove into the Broad River and drowned.

https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/woman-dead-police-chase-car-broad-river-columbia-sc/article_080f1b52-7119-11ef-a720-87d5e7a83b51.html

Jaden Beheler allegedly drove a stolen car, was chased by police and stop sticks were placed. They punctured his tires. He shot and killed himself after that while driving and crashed.

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/sites/default/files/source-screenshots/SC_Fingerville_83124a.png

Florence County deputy shot and killed a man on Rodman Road during an alleged home invasion.

https://wpde.com/news/local/man-shot-during-potential-home-invasion-lake-city-florence-county-sheriffs-office-rodman-road-south-carolina-pee-dee-crime

Florence Police state that Matthew Berry was wanted for a prior homicide and was located in an apartment in the 1300 block of Brittany Drive. Both city and county police arrived to arrest him, claim that he fired at them and they shot and killed him during arrest.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/florence-kentucky-shooting-today-7-shot-4-fatally/15036025/

https://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/florence-county/family-of-man-killed-in-florence-officer-involved-shooting-searching-for-answers/
 

Charleston PD attempted to traffic-stop a vehicle that did not stop. Police escalated a chase until the vehicle stopped at Adams Run. The man shot himself and died from suicide under police duress.

https://www.live5news.com/video/2024/07/17/video-deputies-investigate-charleston-co-pursuit-that-ended-drivers-death/

https://sheriff.charlestoncounty.org/news/2024/ccso-investigating-low-speed-pursuit-that-ended-in-apparent-suicide.pdf

Easley police were sent to Scott Avenue for domestic violence call. They found a woman and a juvenile outside and Daniel Scott Goldrick locked inside of the home. He came outside with a gun and police shot and killed him.

https://www.wyff4.com/article/officers-police-ongoing-situation-easley-south-carolina/61587541

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/15/easley-pd-sees-their-second-officer-shooting-in-a-week-after-a-dv-call-shooting-death-investigation/74407785007/

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article290054464.html

A man was allegedly seen shoplifting an made threats to the manager of a Tractor Supply. The man fled, was chased, stopped at another location to pick up a gas can and threatened someone with it. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/one-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-easley/

https://www.wyff4.com/article/suspect-shot-killed-by-officer-easely-south-carolina/61534164

https://www.abcnews4.com/news/local/investigation-underway-after-upstate-police-officer-shoots-kills-man-armed-with-axe-sled-wciv-abc-news-4-pickens-county-easley-police-department-officer-involved-shooting

https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/coroner-identifies-man-shot-killed-by-easley-police/

https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-man-shot-killed-police/61558748

https://www.audacy.com/989word/news/local/more-details-released-after-fatal-officer-involved-shooting

https://www.foxcarolina.com/video/2024/07/08/suspect-dies-following-officer-involved-shooting-easley/

Quentin Ravenel was a local musician in Charleston, SC who was at someone’s home on Alpha Street involved in a fight. Charleston PD arrived, engaged in a shootout with him and shot and killed him.

https://www.live5news.com/2024/07/01/coroner-ids-man-shot-n-charleston-officer-involved-shooting/

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/north-charleston-police-shooting-local-musician-dead/article_9954636a-37b7-11ef-9cf6-5b8ec7ae97bb.html

https://www.counton2.com/news/coroner-identifies-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-near-park-circle/

Jason Chad Prosser was one of several people who were allegedly intoxicated and firing shots. Police arrived and shot and killed him.

https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/coroner-responding-to-upstate-home/

https://www.wyff4.com/article/suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-spartanburg-county-deputies-say/61132144

Greenville PD responded to a disturbance call, claim that they found a man who was armed and allegedly pointed a gun at deputies and police "had to" shoot him, killing him.

Bodycam was released later and showed that Beheler never pointed a gun and an officer without any warning fired 13 shots at him from a distance. The sheriff declared the shooting as justified.

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/06/16/officials-responding-deputy-involved-shooting/

https://www.wyff4.com/article/greenville-county-officer-involved-shooting/61123572
https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/food/greenville-county-food-trucks-fire-safety-regulations-picana-costs/article_dc6cafea-4ab3-11ef-8594-8bf02e1026a8.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next

A woman in the sand on the beach was run over and killed by a Horry County Sheriff’s Office.

https://www.wmbfnews.com/2024/06/13/pictures-videos-show-incident-involving-horry-county-police-vehicle-woman-beach/

Anderson County deputies chased Cody Coleman for simple failure-to-appear bench warrants when he fled, crashed into another vehicle and then jumped in the Saluda River where he drowned during police pursuit.

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/06/10/live-deputies-searching-suspect-after-they-jumped-into-saluda-river/

After a crash, Nicholas Papala hid in the woods. Police claim he reached for his waistband and they shot and killed him.

https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2024/06/02/man-shot-and-killed-by-deputies-after-crash-on-i-85-in-spartanburg-county/

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/06/02/sled-investigating-crash-turned-deadly-deputy-involved-shooting-i-85-spartanburg-co/

Florence County Deputy Treyvon Sellers chased William Rankin by vehicle until Rankin crashed into a tree. Rankin ran into a nearby home. Officer Sellers followed, unleashed his K9 that also ran into the house and attacked the surprised homeowner, 72-year-old Johnny Cooper who was in his home on an oxygen tank, while Deputy Sellers fired 5 shots into the unarmed Rankin seeking refuge in the home.

Officer Sellers was fired the following month, not for this incident but a new domestic violence event instead. He was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Rankin. The condition of the homeowner attacked in his home by the police dog is unknown. He had been mauled for 87 seconds in his home. Mr. Cooper is allegedly permanently disfigured from the dog attack.

Deputy Sellers was charged with manslaughter in August of 2024.

https://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/florence-county/man-shot-by-florence-county-sheriff-deputy-dies/

https://wpde.com/news/local/man-dies-florence-county-officer-involved-shooting-east-national-cemetery-road-deputy-placed-on-administrative-leave-standard-protocol-cause-manner-of-death-sled-investigating-south-carolina-may-27-2024

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/treyvon-sellers-south-carolina-deputy-charged-killing-unarmed-man-police-dog-maul-someone-else/

Partial BWC video:https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article291363885.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIFN5QlaaA

https://www.wmbfnews.com/2024/08/21/sled-ex-florence-county-deputy-charged-with-manslaughter-deadly-officer-involved-shooting/

South Carolina Highway Patrol chased 2 teenagers in a car until they crashed into a logging truck, killing both.

https://www.wjbf.com/top-stories/one-person-dead-after-pursuit-on-augusta-road-in-edgefield-county/

South Carolina Highway Patrol chased 2 teenagers in a car until they crashed into a logging truck, killing both.

https://www.wjbf.com/top-stories/one-person-dead-after-pursuit-on-augusta-road-in-edgefield-county/

Florence County deputies chased a speeding driver until the vehicle crashed and the driver died.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/driver-led-deputies-high-speed-164422131.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mullins-man-killed-following-florence-150806422.html

A Sumter County deputy on duty hit and killed a pedestrian on 05/10/2024.

https://www.wistv.com/2024/05/14/deputy-involved-sumter-county-crash-that-killed-pedestrian-was-duty-troopers-say/

Allendale PD arrived at a scene where shots were reported to be fired. They shot and killed a juvenile.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2024/04/28/multiple-shootings-in-allendale-officer-injured-one-juvenile-dead/73493479007/

Lexington County deputies chased Dwayne Afonso Reed Jr. for unknown reasons until he crashed and died.

https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/fatal-crash-interstate-20-longs-pond-road/101-2c9a6cc6-12b8-46b6-bcc3-fdf2a8f0c9f8

Easley Police shot and killed Shawn Elrod in front of Walmart on Rolling Hills Circle under unknown circumstances.

https://www.wyff4.com/article/walmart-shooting-suspect-dead-easley-south-carolina/60561158

York County deputies tried to serve an arrest warrant and shot and killed a man in the process.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-rock-hill-deputies-say/BKTUH46GDRET5GDHA4O56MQ5UA/

South Carolina Highway patrol chased Tonnie Leon Lawson Jr. for unknown reasons at high speed until he crashed the vehicle and died.

https://www.thestate.com/news/traffic/article287685115.html

Ashley Brown was a pregnant mother, 1 day short of her 35th birthday, 6 months pregnant with a pending baby shower who was on the road when Columbia officer Derian Davis was speeding down the street to a call hit and killed her.

https://www.wifr.com/2024/04/10/34-year-old-pregnant-mother-was-killed-crash-involving-police-officer-family-says/

Police chased another person for a previous offense when the police chase hit an uninvolved motorist, killing him.

https://wach.com/news/local/motorist-dies-during-columbia-police-chase-for-shooting-suspect-prescott-road-us-21-columbia-police-westley-gross-graham-pope-greystone-boulevard

Stefan Springcean allegedly attacked employees at a gas station. Police arrived, tased him an unknown number of times. He died in the process.

https://www.live5news.com/2024/04/09/police-confirm-taser-was-used-prior-in-custody-death-n-charleston/

Richland County deputies and the SRT team arrived to a domestic violence call. When police appeared, a gunshot was heard, a drone sent in and a man inside was found dead. Police speculated that it may have been a suicide. The man had a gunshot wound to the chest, not very common in suicides. Police never gave an update and never disclosed his identity.

https://www.wistv.com/2024/03/21/2-richland-two-schools-placed-secure-status-deputies-investigate-domestic-incident/

https://wach.com/news/local/heavy-police-presence-traffic-blocked-on-parliament-lake-drive-in-richland-county#

Off-duty Summerville officer Anthony DeLustro was involved in a fight which began as verbal argument in the Chik-Fil-A parking lot with Michael O’Neal. The argument escalated into a physical brawl initiated by DeLustro who was both described and also filmed by bystanders to be the main aggressor. O’Neal attempted to defend himself and then entered his vehicle and was seen trying to escape from the attack. At that point, the wife of Officer DeLustro grabbed, subdued and restrained O’Neal to prevent him from driving away from the confrontation. DeLustro is seen entering the vehicle of O’Neal and shooting and killing him point blank. O’Neal was the son of a decorated North Carolina retired officer and grandson of the respective police chief of Winston-Salem. DeLustro stated that he identified himself as police and presented his badge, O’Neal’s family emphatically denies this story could be true, stating that O’Neal came from a law enforcement family and would not fight police. There is sufficient video and eyewitness evidence suggesting that DeLustro was the main aggressor and O’Neal was unarmed, retreating and attempting to avoid the confrontation while he was murdered by the officer who had forced himself into his vehicle. Officer Anthony DeLustro, a former NYPD cop who left NYPD for unknown reasons and became Officer DeLustro in small-town Summerville PD, was fired and arrested and charged for the murder. He is currently held without bail awaiting what the Solicitor General promises will be a trial in the near future. Updates to this case will be posted as they become available.

https://www.live5news.com/2024/03/20/1-dead-1-hurt-officer-involved-shooting-summerville-sled-investigating/

https://abcnews4.com/news/local/i-26-at-exit-199-shuts-down-in-all-directions-due-to-incident-at-azalea-square-and-n-main-summerville-police-departments-spd-boulevard-blvd-north-street-st-south-carolina-sc-wciv

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/berkeley-county-news/coroner-identifies-man-killed-in-summerville-officer-involved-shooting/

https://abcnews4.com/news/local/gallery/family-of-man-killed-in-summerville-officer-involved-shooting-awaits-answers-chick-fil-a-news-abc-news-4-2024?photo=3

https://www.live5news.com/2024/04/10/warrants-provide-new-details-murder-charge-against-ex-summerville-officer/

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/

York County deputies chased Charlie Lee Baker for undisclosed reasons after a traffic stop. Police escalated a several-hour standoff and eventually killed Baker under undisclosed circumstances.

https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/york-county/one-killed-in-york-county-officer-involved-shooting-sheriff/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-oNc9eeXTk

Richland County deputies chased a vehicle until it crashed, killing 1, injuring 1. Police state they do not know who was driving.

https://www.wltx.com/article/news/crime/one-dead-another-hospitalized-crash-authorities-say-driver-attempted-elude-deputies/101-cd820ede-4ca4-4705-a945-4abca33a8722

A traffic stop led to a chase and a man was hit by a patrol car and got into a shootout with police. The man died.

https://www.live5news.com/2024/02/22/sled-chase-suspect-dies-after-shootout-with-police-being-hit-by-patrol-car/

Police chased a Dodge Charger until it crashed and the driver and a passenger died.

https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/york-county/passenger-killed-in-collision-with-tree-in-rock-hill/

Police chased a Dodge Charger until it crashed and the driver and a passenger died.

https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/york-county/passenger-killed-in-collision-with-tree-in-rock-hill/