COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man has died following a shooting involving deputies in Richland County on Saturday evening.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department said that deputies were called to Heyward Brockington Road in North Columbia just before 6 p.m. on Saturday to what they described as a domestic call with a weapon.
"As deputies arrived on scene, the suspect got into a physical altercation with deputies which led to the subject being shot," the department said in an updated official statement released later in the evening.
According to the department, deputies attempted CPR on the wounded person for roughly 20 minutes before emergency medical services arrived.
The Richland County Coroner's Office, which is now involved in the investigation, has identified the man as 34-year-old Irvin D. Moorer-Charley.
Sheriff Leon Lott has announced that he will hold a press conference on Sunday to provide additional information.