Teen fires at deputies during chase into Greenville County

Agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are investigating an officer involved shooting that happened last Thursday during a chase that started in Anderson County and ended in downtown Greenville.
According to reports, Anderson County Deputies attempted to stop a car driving along McNeely and River Road in Powdersville just after 10:30 pm last Thursday (Aug. 17).
Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Shale Remien said the driver, a teenager, ran a stop sign and continued to ignore deputies’ blue lights. After driving into a ditch, the driver started shooting at deputies, striking a deputy’s car several times.
A vehicle chase began and crossed into Greenville County. Several attempts to stop the car were made and it eventually came to a halt along Academy and College Street in downtown Greenville.
As deputies tried to bring the suspect into custody, the teenager once again opened fire on deputies, striking their car several times and nearly missing deputies. No deputies were injured.
“We are extremely thankful our deputies are safe after the encounter,” Remien said.
The teenager was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital.
SLED was called in to investigate by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.
Timmothy Scott, 17, on Saturday, Aug. 19, with 2 counts of Attempted Murder. The case will be prosecuted by the 13th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office. This is an ongoing investigation.
SLED conducts law enforcement officer involved shooting (OIS) investigations at the request of the agency involved in the incident or the agency with jurisdiction. When requested to investigate an OIS, SLED’s goal is to conduct a thorough, independent criminal investigation as timely as is possible under the circumstances. SLED agents will conduct interviews with all potential witnesses in this matter. Further, SLED will collect all relevant evidence and will forensically test such evidence as needed. Information gathered in the SLED investigation of the incident will be summarized in a case file report to be submitted to prosecutors.
The incident in Greenville County was the 24th officer involved shooting in South Carolina in 2023. This is the first officer involved shooting for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office this year.
In 2022, there were 32 officer involved shootings in South Carolina. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office had no officer involved shootings last year.