Simpsonville Standoff Ends in Suicide
A five hour police standoff that started with a domestic dispute ended in suicide Monday afternoon. Simpsonville Police responded to Springleaf Court in the Autumn Trace subdivision at about 7 a.m.
Simpsonville Assistant Police Chief Colleen O’Neal said that a call came in to emergency workers about a domestic disturbance at the home. She said that the man involved in the incident left the scene before police responded. She said that responding officers spotted the man’s car and followed it back to the home.
O’Neal said that the man jumped out of the car and ran inside the home. They said he held two people inside the home for less than an hour, but he refused to come outside. They said that they believe the man was armed.
Despite the efforts of the Greenville County SWAT team, Simpsonville Fire Department, and negotiators, the man was found dead inside the home at about noon. He appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, police said.
The official cause of death is pending, and the man’s name and address have yet to be released.
Terrence Dale Williams Jr. Kills Himself to Avoid Prison
Terrence Dale Williams was about to be picked up by police in connection with a string of armed robberies of pizza delivery workers. Like an old school gangster he was never taken alive:
GREER, S.C. — Police say a man accused of holding up three pizza delivery drivers in South Carolina shot and killed himself as sheriff’s deputies surrounded him.
Multiple media outlets reported that 27-year-old Terrence Dale Williams Jr. of Greer shot himself in the chest Thursday night as Greenville County sheriff’s deputies closed in on his car.
Deputy Matthew Armstrong says it appeared Williams was about to get out when he shot himself before officers could intervene.
Armstrong says deputies did not fire at Williams and he didn’t shoot at them.
Sheriff Steve Loftis has asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate.
Williams was named in warrants in armed robberies of three pizza deliverers since Jan. 18.
Deputies got a tip he was in Taylors and went to arrest him when the shooting occurred.
Seems extreme but the way I read South Carolina law he was going to get a minimum of 10 years per robbery which is a long time since he just pulled a “string” of robberies. Am I mistaken on this? Maybe one of those anonymous lawyer friends of Bobby Caples can take time out of threatening people with frivolous lawsuits to let me know.
WYFF has details:
“Greenville County deputies received information that Williams was at a family member’s house on Lauren Wood Circle in the Taylors area,” said Matt Armstrong, public information officer of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.
He said deputies arrived at the scene at about 7:05 p.m. When they recognized the vehicle in the home’s driveway as the one for which they had been searching, they approached the car and ordered Williams to step out of the car.
“Investigators heard a fire arm discharged,” Armstrong said.
He said deputies did not fire any shots.
Armstrong said the sheriff has asked the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to run a parallel investigation to make sure that there are no doubts about what happened to the alleged robber.
All the robbery incidents occurred within the last week and a half.
Pizza delivery workers all over the state just breathed a sigh of relief. It’s just too bad Williams didn’t think about how bad he didn’t want to go to jail prior to robbing innocent people.
Dead Body Found Shot in Hospital Parking Lot Ruled Suicide
So sayeth the coroner. I guess the guy shot himself in the hospital parking lot hoping that he wouldn’t get medical attention but would have easy access to the morgue:
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A Greenville hospital was put on lockdown Sunday after a man was found fatally shot in a car. A coroner has now ruled that death a suicide.
The man’s body was discovered in the parking lot outside Greenville Memorial Hospital’s emergency room at about 12:30 p.m. The hospital was locked down while the death was investigated.
Makes sense.