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SLED Investigating Officer Involved Shooting In Florence County

Permanent address · /sc/florence-county/2026/10/06/sled-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-florence-county-220804

Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 6, 1:50 PM EDT

updated Oct 6, 2:05 PM EDT

Topic

Safety

Reported by South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and WLTX, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A teenager was shot after charging at Florence County deputies with a knife, WLTX reported. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced it is investigating the officer-involved shooting in Florence County.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 6, 3:01 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 6, 2:38 PM EDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Florence County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 6, 2:43 PM EDTPublished: Decided by our rules.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.