hello everyone i'm lieutenant ryan flood pio at the greenville county sheriff's office this critical incident community briefing will provide you with information about an officer-involved shooting that occurred at 305 east crest drive in simpsonville on june 14 2019 in a moment you will see relevant video footage and photographs you will hear a 911 company radio transmissions and learn of additional facts that will help provide an accurate overview of what we know occurred at this time of the investigation the graham county sheriff's office conducts comprehensive investigations relating to officer-involved shootings and these investigations may require investigators to conduct extensive interviews review video and audio recordings and possibly analyze forensic evidence consistent with all officer-involved shootings we do not draw any conclusions about whether the deputy's actions were consistent with their policies and in accordance with the law and so the investigation has been thoroughly completed a brief disclaimer the content you're about to see in here may be disturbing to some viewers when deputies are put a position that requires them to use physical force to affect an arrest or defend themselves against a threat the actions can be graphic and difficult to watch in addition some of the language heard in this video might be viewed as strong and offensive viewer discretion is advised hello i'm captain brown of the greenville county sheriff's office office of professional standards i'm going to provide you with a brief summary of an officer-involved shooting that took place at 305 east crest drive in simpsonville on june 13th at around 11 49 p.m the greenville county dispatch center received a call from an alarm company regarding a panic alarm activation from the residence of 305 e-crest drive the loan company attempted to make contact with the owner of the cell phone but did not receive an answer the alarm company then notified the greenville county dispatch center the canada dispatcher also attempted to make contact with the owner of the cell phone without success a deputy was then dispatched to the home at around 11 54 pm here is a phone call recording from the alarm company followed by the corresponding radio broadcast primal county sheriff's official unit 321 hi this is jonathan 5 star urgent response requesting assistance for a subscriber in simpsonville south carolina address that's going to be 305 east crest tribe east crest drive and yes okay what is it a reference to so we received an open silent line um but there is no answer i'll call back okay and this do you have a cross street or intersection i have the nearest country that's plantation drive is it coming from a vehicle the resonance or what um it was a it looks to be a what is it a panic alarm from a cell phone activation echo 15 greenville echo 15. happy a 1044 bravo from 305 east crest drive just after midnight the first deputy arrived on scene and rang the doorbell but was unable to make contact with anybody inside as the deputy proceeded to walk off the front porch to begin the perimeter check of the home he noticed movement from inside and returned to the front door to further investigate as the deputy returned to the front door he noticed a man through the window on the left side of the door the man who was later identified as the homeowner was seen on the deputy's body-worn camera and observed by the deputy holding a gun body-worn cameras are used by all officers assigned to field duties they are typically worn at chest level and give general perspective of what was within the camera's field of view once activated the recording goes back 30 seconds in an effort to capture sudden incidents the audio however does not begin recording until 30 seconds into the segment this particular incident recording began after the deputy initially stepped off the front porch according to the deputy after noticing the man inside he illuminates him with his flashlight and as he did so the man who was initially walking away from the front door turned and pointed his gun at him in an effort to defend himself against the perceived threat the deputy fired his issued weapon as he retreated off the porch and subsequently struck the individual multiple times after a brief communication exchange between the deputy and the homeowner the deputy entered the residence and began to provide medical attention until ems arrived on scene ah sheriff's office drop the gun now let me see your ass let me see your hands [Applause] throw that gun at the door throw the gun at the door yeah throw the gun out the door let me see your hands yeah you pointed a gun at me the sheriff's office what are you here for because we got an alarm call oh my god call the cops please i am the cops please all right where's the gun where's the gun all right don't move are you the only one here what's wrong with you man the [ __ ] you doing man you pointed a gun at me man you were in my house send me 10 i rang your doorbell because we got an apartment dad am i growing oh my god okay oh my god oh my god oh my god come here hold this light get the hand for the shoot man i'm going up they're coming they're coming just stay away i'll be here you shot me here all right just take some deep breaths [ __ ] what what is i saw lights on i heard a doorbell ring and i got it with my gun i'm a concealed weapons guy okay the ambulance here man i'm going to die you're not you're not going to die have you called me are you calling me this nobody here what's the address here 305 east crest drive that's where it came from we don't have an alarm we don't have an alarm well that's weird really bad all right hang on come on hang on this is going to hurt no it's up it's higher it's higher it's higher let me see shot me right here dude okay you [ __ ] why did you do that because you pointed a gun at me dad you came to my house at 12 o'clock at night i'm sleeping god damn i got to protect my house oh my god get to get the ambulance go ahead man i'm gonna die they're coming they're coming yo [ __ ] i can't believe you did this to me i'm good this guy's got two gunshot wounds the [ __ ] i can't believe he did this to me man yeah we're not gonna talk about this right now we're gonna focus on keeping you alive okay so take some deep breaths and calm down and we're gonna get you're gonna be okay all right for the next several minutes first aid was provided to the man until ems arrived on scene and subsequently transported him to the hospital for medical treatment the individual has since been released from the hospital and is recovering from his wounds at this time in the investigation we have learned that the panic alarm was received from a cell phone medical assist app from an occupant inside the residence however there was no immediate emergency that was needed the individual who was shot was not charged with any crime and therefore his information and identity will not be released as part of this video a smith wesson 38 caliber pistol was recovered from the scene by agents from the south carolina state law enforcement division consistent with all officer-involved shootings the south carolina state law enforcement division along with the 13th circuit solicitor's office will continue to investigate the facts conduct interviews and analyze evidence to determine whether the deputy's actions were within the scope of the law in a separate and internal investigation the gcso office of professional standards will investigate to determine whether the deputy's actions were consistent with the strict guidelines and standards set forth in the sheriff's office policy if you would like further information on the sheriff's office use of force policy please visit our website at gcso.org and click on the use of force link found under the resources tab thank you for taking the time to view this critical incident community briefing