From Fox News: A Greenville, South Carolina, police officer was ambushed in his patrol car after a suspect pulled up beside him and opened fire in an attack captured on surveillance video and ending with the gunman dead.
Video released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) shows a vehicle pulling into a parking lot and stopping directly alongside the driver’s side of a marked patrol car. Seconds later, gunfire flashes in the darkness as the suspect opens fire before driving away, leaving the officer wounded inside the patrol car.
The wounded officer was rushed to a hospital for treatment and has since been released.
After Greenville County deputies located the suspect’s vehicle, there was a brief pursuit that included multiple exchanges of gunfire. It ended with a crash and the suspect dead inside his vehicle, Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.
“This incident stemmed from an ambush-style attack against a Greenville city officer,” Lewis said.
The Greenville County Coroner identified the suspect as 42-year-old David William Lane.
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said deputies had received multiple complaints from neighbors prior to the incident on Jan. 1 and Jan. 2, each regarding Lane’s comments and behavior.
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