Chester man, 28, identified as man killed by police in shooting at Chester Walmart
A person in Chester was killed Saturday after a shooting by police, authorities said.
Ariane Lamont McCree, 28, died in the incident, said Terry Tinker, Chester County Coroner.
The incident happened around 11:15 a.m at the Walmart in Chester, said Eric Williams, Chester Police Department chief.
Chester officers had a confrontation with a shoplifting suspect, Williams said.
Chester County sheriff’s deputies responded soon after the confrontation, said and Chester County Sheriff Max Dorsey. He confirmed that the person who was shot by an officer, or officers, later died.
Dorsey and Williams said no officers were hurt, and no Walmart employees or customers were injured.
Dorsey said the incident started inside the store, then shots were fired outside.
The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the shooting, Williams said.
Williams and Dorsey declined to release the number of officers or their names, citing the ongoing investigation of the incident being done by SLED.
The officers will be placed on administrative duty as SLED investigates, in accordance with police department policy, Williams said.
The Walmart store, on the J.A. Cochran Bypass, was closed after the incident.
McCree was a former football player at Chester High School, Tinker said.
Chester County has not had a shooting involving an officer since February 2018 when a drug suspect was shot and killed by deputies and Chester city police. That 2018 shooting was ruled justified by the S.C. Attorney General’s Office.
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This story was originally published November 23, 2019 at 5:51 PM with the headline "Chester man, 28, identified as man killed by police in shooting at Chester Walmart."
