SUMTER, S.C. — Neighbors were evacuated for a time on Friday night when a man barricaded inside a Sumter home fired at officers, according to Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis.
The incident began around 8 p.m. as a civil disturbance on Waterwheel Drive and quickly became a SWAT situation when the suspect hid inside the home and refused to leave.
Sheriff Dennis said they believe the suspect, later identified as 26-year-old Requon Green, had already been firing into the area before they arrived. He also allegedly fired multiple times during the standoff, but not at any person.
After attempts to negotiate failed, Dennis said the SWAT team deployed tear gas, and Green was taken into custody - but not before he opened fire on SWAT officers attempting to do so.
As a result, Green now faces five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated breach of peace.
No one was injured, according to Dennis. And no officers or deputies opened fire at any point during the incident.
The standoff lasted roughly three hours.