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SLED releases details after officer fires shot at suspect’s car on SC State campus
Updated: 2:29 PM EDT Apr 1, 2024
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is releasing details after a campus police officer fired a shot at a 27-year-old man’s car after the man drove onto the campus of South Carolina State University. SLED officials said a man, later identified as Tyrik Willie Joe Pressley III, tried to drive onto campus on Friday. More news: Deputies: Masked gunman fires 3 shots, hits restaurant employee in head with gun as she left workOfficials said Pressley drove onto campus, away from officers at the entrance gate, and they drove after him. SLED said during an encounter near the football field, an officer shot at the car Pressley was driving. More news: Party on Hilton Head Island beach leads to shooting; 2 people injured, authorities sayAccording to SLED, Pressley suffered a graze wound, and at this time it is unclear if the wound was caused by a bullet or other material. Pressley III, 27, was taken to the hospital for treatment and then charged by the South Carolina State University Police with attempted murder and failure to stop for a blue light.No officers were injured. SLED was requested to investigate the shooting by the South Carolina State University Police Department.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is releasing details after a campus police officer fired a shot at a 27-year-old man’s car after the man drove onto the campus of South Carolina State University.
SLED officials said a man, later identified as Tyrik Willie Joe Pressley III, tried to drive onto campus on Friday.
More news: Deputies: Masked gunman fires 3 shots, hits restaurant employee in head with gun as she left work
Officials said Pressley drove onto campus, away from officers at the entrance gate, and they drove after him.
SLED said during an encounter near the football field, an officer shot at the car Pressley was driving.
More news: Party on Hilton Head Island beach leads to shooting; 2 people injured, authorities say
According to SLED, Pressley suffered a graze wound, and at this time it is unclear if the wound was caused by a bullet or other material.
Pressley III, 27, was taken to the hospital for treatment and then charged by the South Carolina State University Police with attempted murder and failure to stop for a blue light.
No officers were injured.
SLED was requested to investigate the shooting by the South Carolina State University Police Department.
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