According to local media reports, the latest incident happened, where one officer was killed and two others were wounded in South Carolina, United States. Five US police officers were shot, one fatally — during an “active shooter” incident in South Carolina on Wednesday, US media reported.
CNN cited the coroner in Florence County, inland from the coastal resort of Myrtle Beach, as saying one officer had died from his wounds. The officer was among five; two city officers and three Florence County Sheriff’s deputies, who were wounded.
No immediate details on the condition of the other officers have been released after the latest shooting involving police in the United States.
The Florence County Emergency Management office had reported on Twitter at about 5:00 pm that an “active shooter” situation was underway in Florence. An hour later it said the incident had ended with a suspect being reprimanded in custody.
According to data reports from the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, 107 officers had been killed this year, prior to the latest case. More than one-third of the deaths were by firearms.
There have been reports of more than 30,000 deaths annually linked to guns throughout the United States.
