Cyclist killed in dispute; shooter dies in police gun battle
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 10, 2021 at 10:44 am EDT
GREENVILLE, S.C. Police officers fatally shot a man minutes after he killed a bicyclist during an argument near a South Carolina park Sunday morning, authorities said.
David “Whit” Oliver was on the phone with 911 reporting he was being harassed when operators heard gunshots, Greenville Police Chief Howie Thompson said.
Eight minutes later, officers pulled over the man, identified as Jeffrey Mark Murray, about a mile (1.6 kilometres) from where witnesses said he shot the cyclist. Murray then got in a gunfight with a officer and a recruit he was training, Thompson said at a news conference.
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A Greenville woman died after getting out of a moving vehicle Sunday afternoon on Roper Mountain Road and Snipes Road.
Richelle Latrese Wright, 45, died just after 3 p.m. at a Greenville hospital, according to the Greenville County Coroner s Office.
Deputies from Greenville County Sheriff s Office were called after 2 p.m. about a disturbance in a truck. The caller said that a woman got out of the truck for a period of the time before re-entering and the vehicle left the area.
Deputies did not find the truck after the initial call. But another call came in from a man who said that his wife got out of a moving vehicle following an altercation, according to the Sheriff s Office.
2021/05/10 22:37 GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) Police officers fatally shot a man minutes after he killed a bicyclist during an argument near a South Carolina park Sunday morning, authorities said. David “Whit” Oliver was on the phone with 911 reporting he was being harassed when operators heard gunshots, Greenville Police Chief Howie Thompson said. Eight minutes later, officers pulled over the man, identified as Jeffrey Mark Murray, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from where witnesses said he shot the cyclist. Murray then got in a gunfight with a officer and a recruit he was training, Thompson said at a news conference. Murray, 62, was shot and died a short time later, the Greenville County Coroner s Office said.
A Williamston man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a Pelzer man, according to the Greenville County Sheriff s Office.
Corey Jerome Daniel, 43, of Williamston was taken into custody and has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to warrants.
Dallas K. Rosemond, 32, of Pelzer, was found with a gunshot wound in the Pelzer Dollar General parking lot about 8:30 p.m., according to the Greenville County Sheriff s Office and Greenville County Coroner s Office. He died at Greenville Memorial Hospital about an hour later, according to the Coroner s Office.