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Video Shows Ambush of Greenville Officer as Coroner Rules Suspect's Death Self-Inflicted

State investigators are conducting an independent review.

Overview

  • A Greenville officer was shot multiple times around 1 a.m. Sunday while sitting in a marked patrol car at the county law enforcement center and has since been released from the hospital.
  • Surveillance video released by SLED shows a vehicle pull alongside the patrol car before gunfire erupts and the shooter speeds away.
  • Deputies pursued the suspect, identified as 42-year-old David William Lane, to a parking lot near Independence Boulevard and Ponders Ray Lane where additional shots were fired and he was found dead.
  • The county coroner determined Lane died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following the encounter.
  • Records and neighbor accounts show prior complaints about Lane’s threatening behavior, off-duty deputy security at his apartment complex beginning Jan. 8, an eviction case set for Jan. 12, and no motive established by authorities.