A deputy and two Spartanburg Water employees were shot Thursday afternoon, according to officials with Spartanburg Water and Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright.He has scheduled a 5:30 p.m. news conference to update the media.Watch the news conference in the video box above.5 p.m. video update:No suspect is in custody, according to Wright.Deputies have surrounded a home where he is barricaded inside, Wright said.He said negotiators are working to get him out.The shooting happened at about 2:30 p.m. near Cleveland Park.Wright said the deputy is okay. Jennifer Candler, Communications Director for Spartanburg Water, did not know the extent of the injuries of the water employees. Candler said a team was working on a sewer main repair and a man walked up and asked them what they were doing. Candler said the man then started shooting. Wright did not release any details about the circumstances about the deputy being shot. Greenville County deputies also responded to the scene to assist and Sheriff Hobart Lewis is there with Wright, WYFF News 4 crews reported.
A deputy and two Spartanburg Water employees were shot Thursday afternoon, according to officials with Spartanburg Water and Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright.
He has scheduled a 5:30 p.m. news conference to update the media.
Watch the news conference in the video box above.
5 p.m. video update:
No suspect is in custody, according to Wright.
Deputies have surrounded a home where he is barricaded inside, Wright said.
He said negotiators are working to get him out.
The shooting happened at about 2:30 p.m. near Cleveland Park.
Wright said the deputy is okay.
Jennifer Candler, Communications Director for Spartanburg Water, did not know the extent of the injuries of the water employees.
Candler said a team was working on a sewer main repair and a man walked up and asked them what they were doing.
Candler said the man then started shooting.
Wright did not release any details about the circumstances about the deputy being shot.
Greenville County deputies also responded to the scene to assist and Sheriff Hobart Lewis is there with Wright, WYFF News 4 crews reported.