One dead after deputy-involved shooting in Greenville County

One person is dead and no officers were injured in a Wednesday morning officer-involved shooting, according to Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis.

The Sheriff's Office had confirmed earlier Wednesday morning that deputies responded to 4307 Edwards Rd. in Taylors around 10 a.m. to serve a warrant for a man suspected of threatening his ex-girlfriend, which ultimately resulted in the officer-involved shooting.

The warrant service was based on a call from a woman who said an ex-boyfriend had sent her pictures of a firearm and threatened to harm her. Deputies responded to the Edwards Rd. address with a warrant issued for "unlawful communications."

Lewis said that deputies tried to stop the suspect, who was in a vehicle, but he did not cooperate.

"At some point, we don't know when yet - we do know he was armed - four deputies were involved, got out of the car and engaged him, and an exchange of gunfire took place."

Sheriff Lewis could not say whether the man fired his weapon at officers, but more information on this would be released shortly. He did say "multiple shots were fired" at the suspect, and the round count to establish the number of shots fired would come from an examination of the suspect's vehicle and the autopsy. According to the Sheriff's Office, the four deputies involved in the incident will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation, consistent with Sheriff’s Office protocol.

SLED and the Sheriff's Office are running parallel investigations. Lewis added that a critical incident video would be released 45 days after the incident.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

This article originally appeared on Greenville News: One dead after deputy-involved shooting in Greenville County