A suspect is dead after an officer involved shooting in the Upstate over the weekend. The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office responded to a home on Strange Court in Spartanburg around 10:30 Friday night, after a report of a man assaulting a woman with a machete.
Upon arrival, Deputies could see the woman was injured and the suspect was still armed with a machete and a hammer inside the house. Deputies ordered the suspect to drop the weapons multiple times, he refused and a deputy fired on him.
The suspect was shot and killed. The victim was taken to an area hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries. SLED is investigating the incident, which is standard protocol in officer involved shootings.





