The Greenville County deputy who shot an armed man who was on the roof of an apartment complex March 6 has been cleared of wrongdoing after an internal investigation, Sheriff Hobart Lewis said in a video posted Tuesday.
One deputy fired a single shot at the man, later identified by the Greenville County Sheriff s Office as 32-year-old Tyson Devlin Moody. Moody was on a roof at Pelham Village Apartments on Toscano Court just after 2 a.m. the day of the shooting. The identity of the deputy who fired the shot has not been disclosed by the Sheriff s Office.
The deputy was investigated internally by the agency s Office of Professional Standards, Lewis said.
A man was shot by a Greenville County Sheriff s Office deputy early Saturday morning, officials said.
The shooting happened at Pelham Village Apartments on Toscano Court just after 2 a.m., according to Lt. Ryan Flood, a spokesman for the sheriff s office. At least one deputy responded to the apartment complex after there was a complaint about noises on the roof, Flood said. When the deputy arrived on scene, a man was observed on the roof of the apartments, Flood said in an emailed statement. At some point during the interaction the person on the roof presented a firearm and subsequently an officer involved shooting took place.