Kershaw County, SC (WLTX) - The identity of a woman found shot to death by Kershaw County Sheriff's Deputies Saturday afternoon has been released, and a man has been charged in her killing.
The Kershaw County Coroner's Officeidentified the woman killed as 59 year-old victim Debra Tyler. The woman was shot to death Saturday in a home on Highway 601 south of Lugoff.
She was discovered after deputies had responded to the home on a call of a domestic dispute. Before they arrived though, they got a second emergency call of shots fired at that location.
Sheriff James Matthews says when his officers arrived, they found 49-year-old Greg Smith, who they say had tried to leave the scene, and deputies took him into custody. They also found and questioned 56-year-old David Tyler, Debra's husband, who investigators say was uncooperative.
Debra's body was found in the home, dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Matthews says Smith will be charged with killing her.
Tyler later died at the jail when he apparently went into cardiac arrest.
When deputies searched the home, Matthews said his officers also found a fully functioning meth lab, and a marijuana grow lab.
Matthews says six deputies had to be taken to the hospital because they were exposed to chemicals from the lab.
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating David Tyler's death, because it took place in police custody.
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