An officer-involved shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday night near St. Stephen, resulting in the death of a 23-year-old St. Stephen man.
According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, one subject is dead after a deputy was attempting to arrest the subject on a Criminal Domestic Violence warrant. While attempting the arrest, the subject grabbed the deputy's gun. The deputy fired the weapon; the shot resulted in the death of the subject, the BCSO reported.
The incident occurred on Old Mill Road in St. Stephen.
The dead man has been identified as 23-year-old Jerome Darby of St. Stephen, according to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury.
The BCSO has called in the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to investigate.
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