Deputy shot during pursuit in Upstate, suspect also shot, officials say (2024)

OUTSIDE THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT ACROSS TWO COUNTIES. PEYTON FURTADO ITO IS LIVE AT GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THE DEPUTY REMAINS HOSPITALIZED. BUT FIRST TONIGHT, THIS ALL UNFOLDED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN OCONEE COUNTY. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON BLACK BASS ROAD FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP ON HIGHWAY 11. SKY4 GIVING YOU A LIVE EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE SCENE. RAY URANA IS LIVE FROM THE OCONEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER TONIGHT. AND RAY, PEOPLE GATHERED FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL RIGHT. AND CAROL, JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, THERE WERE DOZENS OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHO FORMED A PRAYER CIRCLE RIGHT HERE IN THIS PARKING LOT AND COMFORTED EACH OTHER AFTER ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS SHOT WHILE ON DUTY. CANDLES ILLUMINATED THE FRONT STEPS OF THE OCONEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. FIRST RESPONDERS GATHERED IN A CIRCLE TO PRAY FOR A DEPUTY HURT IN A SHOOTING. DEPUTIES SAY THEY PULLED OVER A PICKUP TRUCK ON HIGHWAY 11 AT MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD JUST AFTER NOON. DURING THE STOP, INVESTIGATE HOURS SAY THE DRIVER SPED AWAY WITH DEPUTIES CLOSE BEHIND. THEY ENDED UP IN THE AREA OF BLACK BASS ROAD AT SHELLER FERRY ROAD, WHERE DEPUTIES SAY SHOTS WERE FIRED, STRIKING ONE OF THEIR OWN. I HOPE THAT OFFICER IS OKAY. A WITNESS SAYS HE HEARD THE SHOTS WHILE DROPPING OFF TRASH. IT WAS KIND OF RAINING AND EVERYBODY WAS JUST KIND OF STARTLED BECAUSE EVERYBODY AT THE RISK CYCLING CENTER JUST KIND OF STOPPED AND GASPED. DEPUTIES SAY THE DRIVER SPED AWAY ONCE AGAIN AND CAME TO ANOTHER STOP FURTHER DOWN BLACK PASS ROAD AT CATFISH HILL ROAD. IT WAS THERE. THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT, ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES. HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WE STARTED TO SEE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF OFFICERS, CARS COMING FLYING THROUGH, DOWN TOWARDS PORT BASS AND THEN GOING BACK AND FORTH UP AND DOWN THE ROAD. BOTH THE DEPUTY AND SUSPECT WERE TAKEN TO GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SKY4, WITH AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK OVER THE SCENE AND WHERE A LANDING ZONE FOR A LIFEFLIGHT HELICOPTER WAS SET UP IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT. FORENSIC TEAMS PULLING UP AMBULANCES. SO IMMEDIATELY YOU COULD TELL SOMETHING. THERE WAS A HUGE ISSUE GOING ON. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION. NORMALLY THAT WOULD FALL TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. BUT THIS OCONEE COUNTY DEPUTY WHO WAS SHOT IS RELATED TO SOMEONE IN SLED. SO THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AS WE COME BACK OUT LIVE AT THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE OCONEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO CANDLES ON THE SECOND FLOOR ABOVE THE WORD LAW IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS DEPUTY THAT WAS SHOT EARLIER TODAY. NOW, GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF HOBART LEWIS SAYS THAT THE SUSPECT COULD FACE CHARGES OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH INTENT TO KILL AND FELONY POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. AND THE IDENTITIES OF THE DEPUTY AND THE SUSPECT HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. LIVE IN OCONEE COUNTY, RAY ARENA, WYFF, NEWS FOUR. RAY, THANK YOU. WE NOW HEAD TO GREENVILLE COUNTY, WHERE THIS AFTERNOON A HEAVY LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE WAS SEEN ARRIVING AT GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR PEYTON FURTADO TONIGHT. PEYTON, WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE DEPUTY AND SUSPECT’S CONDITION. CAROL, AS OF NOW, OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THAT DEPUTY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE NEXT FEW HOURS ARE GOING TO BE VITAL, ACCORDING TO SHERIFF MIKE CRENSHAW OUT OF OCONEE COUNTY. BOTH THE SUSPECT AND THE DEPUTY WERE IN SURGERY FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME EARLIER TODAY. CRENSHAW AND GREENVILLE COUNTIES, SHERIFF HOBART LEWIS WERE BOTH HERE TODAY. THEY BOTH SAY THEY’RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE DEPUTIES FAMILY. EARLIER TODAY, LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES FROM OCONEE COUNTY, GREENVILLE HIGHWAY PATROL AND ANDERSON LINED THE STREET OUTSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM. SIRENS BLARED AS MARKED AN UNMARKED CARS WEAVED IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC SPEED ING AND SWERVING, ARRIVING SOON AFTER, AN AMBULANCE BROUGHT ONE OF THE INJURED PEOPLE IN. WE SAW PEOPLE AND FOLKS IN UNIFORM RUSH OUT OF THEIR CARS AND INTO THE HOSPITAL. SOMETIME LATER, JUST OUTSIDE, WE WATCHED AS A LIFEFLIGHT LANDED UNLOADING THE OTHER INJURED PERSON. BOTH SHERIFFS ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY’S PRAYERS AS FOLKS TO TO KEEP OUR OUR DEPUTIES AND THIS FAMILY. AND IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR PRAYERS, VERY TOUGH JOB LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES ON A DAY IN DAY OUT BASIS AND PRAY FOR THEM EVERY DAY. OBVIOUSLY, BOTH PERSONS WHO WERE SHOT, THEY’VE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY ON THEM. SO WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT SURGERY AND ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT, THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON FOR SURE, AS WELL AS THE EMS FOLKS WHO CERTAINLY SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR THEIR LIFE SAVING EFFORTS FOR OUR DEPUTY. IT WAS AMAZING REALLY WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIM IN, HOW HARD THEY WERE WORKING AND GETTING HIS FAMILY HERE. THE OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE POSTED AT 815 TONIGHT. THAT DEPUTY WAS OUT OF SURGERY. AND THE NEXT FEW HOURS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL. THE LAST THING OFFICIALS TOLD US WAS THAT BOTH THE DEPUTY AND THE SUSPECT STILL ALIVE. LIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, I’M PEYTON FURTADO WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU, PEYTON. AND REMEMBER, FOR THE LATEST ON THIS BREAKING NEWS STORY, YOU CAN ALWAYS TUR