SLED investigating officer involved shooting in Greenville County
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred on Monday, February 10, 2025, in Greenville County.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to a home on Farrs Bridge Road in Greenville, SC, to locate the owner of an abandoned vehicle involved in a motor vehicle collision. A trooper encountered an armed woman at the home, and the trooper fired his service weapon. No one was injured. The South Carolina Highway Patrol requested SLED investigate the officer involved shooting.
This is an ongoing investigation. As such, no other information about the case will be disclosed by SLED at this time.
SLED conducts law enforcement officer involved shooting (OIS) investigations at the request of the agency involved in the incident or the agency with jurisdiction. When requested to investigate an OIS, SLED’s goal is to conduct a thorough, independent criminal investigation as timely as is possible under the circumstances. SLED agents will conduct interviews with all potential witnesses in this matter. Further, SLED will collect all relevant evidence and will forensically test such evidence as needed. Information gathered in the SLED investigation of the incident will be summarized in a case file report to be submitted to prosecutors.
The incident in Greeneville County is the 4th officer involved shooting in South Carolina in 2025. This is the 1st officer involved shooting for the South Carolina Highway Patrol this year.
In 2024, there were 45 officer involved shootings in South Carolina. The South Carolina Highway Patrol had no officer involved shootings last year.
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