SLED Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Greenville County
Monday, May 19, 2025
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Greenville County. The Greenville Police Department requested the SLED investigation.
Greenville Police officers responded Sunday morning to a report of a suspicious man crawling through the woods along Maco Terrace. When officers arrived, they encountered a man armed with garden sheers hiding in the woods. During the encounter, an officer shot the man. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, where he remains. No law enforcement officers were injured.
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 Greenville County is the 20th officer involved shooting in South Carolina in 2025. This is the 1st officer involved shooting for the Greenville Police Department this year.
In 2024, there were 45 officer involved shootings in South Carolina.
The Greenville Police Department had no officer involved shootings last year.
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