Incident: Monday, October 5, 2026, Aiken County, South Carolina. Reported by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.
An Aiken County sheriff’s deputy was shot in the lower body and then run over by a driver deputies had stopped after a hit-and-run, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies returned fire, and the driver died.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called around 2:48 p.m. to a RaceWay on Columbia Highway North after a vehicle left the scene of a crash. Deputies went to the vehicle’s registered address on Scotch Road and did not find it, then spotted it on Powell Pond Road and pulled it over.
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The driver rammed a patrol car and fled. The short chase ended on Scotch Lane, off Powell Pond Road, near the Battle of Aiken re-enactment site. Authorities say the driver opened the door and fired on deputies. The sheriff said the driver then ran over the deputy who had been shot. Deputies returned fire and struck the driver.
The driver, a 38-year-old woman, was taken to Aiken Regional Medical Center and died at 5:06 p.m., according to the Aiken County Coroner.
The wounded deputy, with the sheriff’s office a little over a year, was taken to Wellstar MCG in Augusta. On Friday, October 9, the sheriff’s office said the deputy had been discharged after two surgeries and was starting rehabilitation, calling it a significant and positive step forward on a long road to recovery.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the shooting, which is standard for officer-involved shootings in South Carolina.
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