Greenville, South Carolina – A South Carolina police officer was shot while sitting in a patrol car on Sunday in what one official described as an “ambush-style attack,” and local sheriff’s deputies later shot and killed a suspect in an exchange of gunfire, authorities said.
A Greenville police officer was shot repeatedly early Sunday, the city of Greenville said in a statement. The city said the officer was treated at a hospital and released.
Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis described the shooting as an “ambush-style attack” in a video from the scene posted on Facebook. Authorities identified the suspect and pursued his vehicle, leading to an “exchange of gunfire,” Lewis said.
The suspect suffered “at least one fatal gunshot wound,” the Greenville County Coroner’s Office said in a statement. She identified the person as David William Lane, 42, of Greenville.
Lin’s relatives could not be reached Sunday for comment.
The Greenville Police Department did not respond to questions from The Associated Press about a possible motive for the attack or the identity of the officer who was shot.
The city said authorities have asked the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to conduct an investigation and that the Greenville Police Department is “fully cooperating.”
Greenville, with a population of about 70,000, is located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Columbia’s capital.