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.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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