One person was killed Sunday when an incident at a swimming pool turned into a shooting involving law enforcement, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.
Officers responded to a report of a fight in a swimming pool between drunk people around 7:45 p.m., the sheriff’s office said in a news release Monday. The incident happened in the Pacolet area of ​​Upstate South Carolina, according to the release. Information about the number of people involved and why they were fighting was not available.
When officers arrived on scene, they were told shots had been fired, the sheriff’s office said.
The deputies took cover in the woods line, where they saw shots fired into the home, according to the news release.
More law enforcement officers, including negotiators, were called to the scene where a perimeter was established and deputies attempted to make contact with the armed person inside the home, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office attempted to negotiate with the individual for about two hours, but those efforts failed as an armed individual fired several shots in the direction of officers, the news release said.
At that point, the person, still armed with a loaded weapon, charged into the road “in a very aggressive manner” and officers on the scene opened fire “in response to the suspect’s actions,” the sheriff’s office said .
The armed person has died, according to the news release. The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the person.
No deputies were injured and no other injuries were reported by the sheriff’s office.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division will lead the investigation into the shooting, the sheriff’s office said.
