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Ernest Burbage III
Gender : Male
Age : 40
Race : White
Date : 09/28/2023
Location : Unknown
City : St. Johns Island
County : Charleston
State : South Carolina
Agency : Charleston County SO
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Died under undisclosed circumstances during manhunt
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Charleston County deputies arrived at a domestic shooting call and found that Ernest Burbage III had apparently shot and injured his girlfriend and a passenger in a passing car with a shot. Deputies called SWAT and escalated a manhunt. The girlfriend was able to tell police that they had been drinking and that things had gotten out of hand. Police saw Burbage at a home nearby and began hunting him with a Lenco BearCat and a large police presence. SWAT began firing at Burbage from the BearCat and he shot back, injuring a SWAT officer and killing a police K9.
Police have not disclosed how he died during their manhunt, only that he was found dead ad on St. Johns Island from unknown causes during an intense manhunt after him.
