Bamberg Co. man dead after standoff in Aiken, Coroner’s Office investigating
AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – The Aiken County Coroner’s Office is now investigating the death of a Bamberg County man following what authorities say was a standoff with law enforcement officers.
The incident happened Thursday, January 25th at 11:30 P.M. in the parking lot in the 1900 block of East Pine Log between Millbrook Baptist Church and the McDonald’s.
According to authorities, Aiken Department of Public Safety officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle parked in the parking lot, and authorities say the driver of the vehicle, identified as Shanon Crosby, 42, refused to exit the vehicle barricading himself inside the vehicle.
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Officers say as they attempted to talk Crosby out of the vehicle, a single gunshot from
inside the vehicle was heard, and Crosby was later pronounced deceased on the
scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Aiken County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Department will continue with the investigation.
Authorities say there will be an autopsy in Newberry.
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