Police in Fort Lauderdale responded to a disturbance between family members that escalated into gunfire when an armed man barricaded himself inside a home and fired shots at arriving officers. No injuries were reported among the officers, but a woman was injured prior to the gunfire. SWAT officers were called to the scene, nearby schools were placed on lockdown, and the situation is ongoing.
A 29-year-old man died after a shootout with law enforcement in a Lexington County neighborhood. The man had been seen carrying a long gun around his yard and pointing it at neighbors. After a tactical team deployed to his home to execute arrest warrants, the suspect started shooting from inside the home and continued to shoot at law enforcement robots and officers. Negotiations and shooting continued for several hours until a robot breached the bathroom door where he was barricaded, and he was found incapacitated. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division will investigate the officer-involved shooting.
Nine deputies from the Richland County Sheriff's Department responded to a call about a man pointing a gun at a power company employee. The man barricaded himself inside his home and fired shots at the deputies, who returned fire after negotiations failed. The man was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. The officers who shot their weapons were identified, and the incident is under investigation by the Richland County Sheriff's Department and the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
