Overview
- The encounter, which unfolded Monday near Exit 11 on I-85 in Anderson County, began when a K9 deputy stopped a Dodge Challenger for a moving violation.
- Authorities say the driver ran to the back of the car, grabbed a gun, and shot a second arriving deputy in the chest.
- The first deputy returned fire and killed the suspect, who was identified as Austin Derrell Robertson, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- The wounded master deputy was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital and is now in stable condition and in good spirits, according to the sheriff’s office.
- The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has opened an investigation, and earlier lane closures on I-85 brought a large police response while crews worked the scene.