Chief Doug Wright News Today

Attempted invasion of Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy director’s home brings unexpected ministry from law enforcement and shines a light on area’s unhoused community.

The Summerville Police Chief Doug Wright spoke out after a man who was, at the time, employed as an officer with SPD was accused of shooting and killing a man from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, outside of a Chick-fil-A in Summerville, South Carolina.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – A former Summerville officer has been charged with murder by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the agency said Wednesday afternoon. The charge stems from a March 20th altercation between the off-duty officer and a man outside a Chick-fil-A restaurant on North Main Street which ended in a deadly shooting. Affidavits […]

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – A former Summerville officer has been charged with murder by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the agency said Wednesday afternoon. The charge stems from a March 20th altercation between the off-duty officer and a man outside a Chick-fil-A restaurant on North Main Street which ended in a deadly shooting. Affidavits […]

In a Tuesday, Feb. 6, press conference, Chief Doug Wright of the Summerville Police Department, along with Chief Deputy Sam Richardson from the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, addressed the public

Summerville police faced gunfire, a house fire and exploding ammunition following a traffic stop. State agents now investigating police-involved shooting death.