Agents from the State Law Enforcement Division, as well as SWAT members from the Charleston Police Department and hostage negotiators are on the scene. The operation started about 4 a.m.
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Berkeley County (S.C.) Sheriff's Lt. Will Rogers is out of surgery, and in critical but stable condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds late Thursday night. The masked gunman is still at large.
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After receiving a desperate 911 call, Charleston County (S.C.) Sheriff's deputies were dispatched Thursday morning to a home in Hollywood, South Carolina, with a report of shots fired and a home invasion. During the call, one of the deputies shot and seriously wounded the resident who was holding a pistol.
Read More →Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers sat in the front and listened, as Sharpton spoke. "What this mayor did is what we've asked mayors to do all over the country. Not to do us a favor, just enforce the law."
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has released several dash cam videos in connection with the fatal shooting of Walter Scott. None shows the actual shooting.
Read More →Authorities say a City of Charleston, S.C., police officer who was barricaded inside a home in West Ashley ended his own life on Thursday.
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The shooting of Walter Scott by a North Charleston, S.C., police officer has generated national outrage. Legal and police tactics experts said the video would be powerful evidence in the criminal case. But they say it still leaves the officer's defense with options.
Read More →“There must be national policy and national law on policing,” Mr. Sharpton said. “We can’t go from state to state, we’ve got to have national law to protect people against these continued questions.”
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A North Charleston police officer was arrested on a murder charge and the FBI opened a civil rights investigation Tuesday after video surfaced of the lawman shooting at a 50-year-old man as he ran away.
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A suspect is in custody after police say he shot a West Columbia, S.C., police officer Tuesday afternoon. The bullet went through the wall and struck the officer in the head.
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