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SLED investigates 13th officer-involved shooting in SC this year

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One person is in the hospital after the incident in Florence County Saturday. No law enforcement officers were injured.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a man injured in Florence County on Saturday.

SLED reports Maurice Cortez Green, 34, was shot following an altercation with Florence police at a home on Rushmore Loop.

According to SLED, police were called to the home for a hostage situation where they found Green holding a knife to a woman's neck. SLED says Green tried to get away but an officer located him, there was an altercation, and that's when Green was shot.

He is being treated at a local hospital. No law enforcement officers were injured.

Saturday's incident is the 13th officer-involved shooting in the state this year.. SLED reports there were 45 officer involved shootings in South Carolina last year.