Oconee Man Kills Self After Deputy-Involved Shooting
Oconee County Sheriff's Office reports a local man is dead following a shooting incident Thursday evening.
Update: More details have been released about a shooting incident that left an Oconee man dead Thursday evening on Jones Road in northern Oconee County. In a press release early Friday, authorities said a hostage situation between a landlord and tenant turned deadly when a male suspect fatally shot himself. Deputies arrived on the scene around 5:30 p.m. to find an adult female victim who had been shot and an armed suspect pointing a weapon at them, the news release said. One deputy fired a single shot from his patrol rifle that hit the suspect, and then the suspect fatally shot himself, the press release said. The woman was treated for a single non-lethal gunshot wound, Chief Deputy Lee Weems said. Although neither the male suspect nor …
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Kathy Hazard
5:02 am on Sunday, March 10, 2013
Wow this doesn't sound like the Andy I knew and grew up with. R.I.P Andy. more ›