Dead man, woman and child seriously injured after shooting in Lancaster’s house

LANCASTER, SC – A woman and her son are fighting for their lives after they were shot inside a house in Lancaster County. The deputies say that the man who shot them was killed by the police.

Lancaster County Sheriff says that a man called 911 saying that he killed a woman and his son in Mosteller Drive around 12:30 on Sunday afternoon. When the agents arrived at the house, the sheriff says they found the man in the patio with a gun. The authorities say that the man was killed in a shooting with the deputies.

The woman and the girl were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The Sheriff’s office has not contacted an update on its conditions.

“A very tragic event took place in Mosteller Drive,” said Sheriff Barry Faile. “First, our thoughts and prayers are with family members and friends of the headdresses by this horrible incident. We pray for this woman and her son to survive her wounds. ”

The Sheriff says that the officers who triggered their weapon will be placed on a paid administrative license pending the result of the investigation that is the department protocol. Sled is investigating to discover what leads to the shootings.

“We never want our deputies to face what these deputies rode today,” said Sheriff Faile. “We train for these scenarios all the time, and the first indications show that these deputies were based on that training and legally acted and within our policy. We trust SLED to develop all the facts and provide answers for what happened today. ”

Any person with information about this or any other case should call the Sheriff’s Office of Lancaster County at 803-283-3388 and select option 4.