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Via WISTV:
A spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says the agency is investigating after two officers with the Clio police department shot a man who was driving toward them on a lawnmower and fired shots at them in the 500 block of South Main Street, or Hwy 9.
According to Thom Berry, with SLED, Clio police officers have been investigating a string of breaking and entering incidents, and early this morning, they had another case. The two officers, along with a Marlboro County deputy, were investigating another overnight breaking and entering call when they encountered a man approaching them on a riding lawnmower.
The man fired at the officers, but none of them were struck, according to Berry. The Marlboro deputy’s car was struck with bullets, however. The two Clio officers fired back at the man, striking him. He was transported to a hospital in Dillon where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries and is in the process of being released, at which point he’ll be taken into police custody.
According to a press release from the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office, 25-year-old Camelin Demetrius Mcrae, of Clio, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count each of possession of a weapon during a violent crime and malicious injury to real property.