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SC Deputies Ambushed, Suspect and K-9 Killed in Gunfight

The slain K-9 named Roscoe began tracking the pair, which led deputies to the hill where Sheriff McBride said the suspects were waiting in an “ambush situation.”

August 12, 2020
SC Deputies Ambushed, Suspect and K-9 Killed in Gunfight

Anderson County (SC) Sheriff's K-9 Roscoe was killed Tuesday night when suspects ambushed deputies, the sheriff said. One suspect was killed, the other wounded.

A shooting in Anderson, SC, involving sheriff’s deputies has left one suspect dead and a woman wounded. Officials also said a police K-9 was killed.

Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride said the deputies were caught in an “ambush situation” Tuesday night when they were fired upon from a hill next to a Lowe’s parking lot. They returned fire, WSOC reports.

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McBride said the attack occurred while the deputies were searching for two people who ran out of a car after an attempted traffic stop and pursuit.

The slain K-9 named Roscoe began tracking the pair, which led deputies to the hill where McBride said the suspects were waiting in an “ambush situation.”