Overview
- A K9 deputy pulled over a Dodge Challenger near Exit 11 on I-85 on Monday near Townville, and the stop escalated into gunfire.
- Authorities say the driver grabbed a gun from the vehicle and shot the arriving deputy in the chest, and the first deputy returned fire and killed the driver.
- Officials airlifted the wounded master deputy to Greenville Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries, and the sheriff said a long recovery is expected.
- The Anderson County coroner identified the driver as Austin Derrell Robertson, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- State agents opened an investigation and transportation officials closed lanes on I-85 as the coroner’s office responded around 4:35 p.m.