Law enforcement officers attempting to serve warrant shoot man after K9 is stabbed

Three Greenville County Sheriff's deputies shot a man after he stabbed a K9 as they tried to serve a warrant Monday afternoon.

According to Greenville Sheriff Lt. Ryan Flood, deputies were assisting the Department of Homeland Security in serving a warrant at about 3 p.m. at a home on Pine Knoll Drive. Officers encountered a person outside the address near Woodlawn Cemetery.

A police K9 engaged with the person, who then stabbed the dog at least once. The deputies then shot the man, Flood said.

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The man was taken to a Greenville hospital with at least a gunshot wound. He was not identified. The Sheriff’s Office K9 was taken to an emergency vet, his condition was unknown.

The felony warrant was from Spartanburg County, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said later Monday afternoon.

According to Flood, no officers were injured in the incident.

SLED is investigating the incident after requests from the GCSO and SCSO. The department is expected to release a Critical Incident Community Briefing video regarding the shooting at 8 a.m. on June 27.

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