One person is dead after a reported deputy involved shooting in the Upstate, earlier Thursday. The Anderson County Sheriff's Office responded to a rest area along I-85 on a report of a suicidal person.
When deputies responded they made contact with the man in question, who tried to leave. Deputies boxed him due to the nature of threats he reportedly made.
The man then pulled a gun and fired. A deputy returned fire before realizing the man had turned the gun on himself. The Sheriff's Office says the shot from the deputy did not make contact with the gunman. His identity has not yet been released, but he has been pronounced dead by the Anderson County Coroner's Office.
SLED has been called into investigate which is standard protocol statewide. No deputies reported injuries from the incident.
