A suspect is dead and a deputy critically injured after a shooting Monday on I-85 in the Upstate.
The suspect, who has been identified by the Anderson County coroner as 32-year-old Austin Derrell Robertson, reportedly shot a responding officer. The officer was airlifted to the hospital.
Investigators say the deputy who made the initial traffic stop returned fire on Robertson. Robertson died at the scene.
This incident happened on the same day a Springfield officer was injured in a shooting in Barnwell. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) sent out a Code Blue Public Safety Alert in response. Lacey Cushman, 37, was arrested in connection with the shooting after being deemed by law enforcement as "armed and dangerous".
SLED is investigating both incidents.
