- A deputy and 2 water system employees were shot in South Carolina Thursday, local reports said.
- The shooting unfolded in the afternoon of the city of Spartanburg near Cleveland Park.
- A Spartanburg Water rep told WYFF that a man walked up to a crew working on a sewer main, asked them what they were doing and then opened fire.
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A deputy and two water system employees were shot in a South Carolina city Thursday, according to local reports.
Spartanburg Water System officials told WSPA-TV two workers were shot at around 3 p.m. while making sewer line repairs in the Spartanburg area near Cleveland Park.
One deputy was also shot, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright confirmed to the news outlet.
Wright told WYFF that the deputy was OK. The conditions of the water system employees were not immediately known.
Jennifer Candler, a spokeswoman for Spartanburg Water, told WYFF that a man walked up to a crew that had been repairing a sewer main, asked them what they were doing and then opened fire.
"I was having lunch on the table in there and then I heard gunshots," one witness told WSPA-TV.
The unidentified man who lives in the area added, "Then the cops came flying down the street and then more cops came and then more cops came and they were trying to get in the house over there and I think they broke the door down. And they fired at least 50 shots, maybe more."
It is unclear if a suspect has been caught in the shooting.
This story is developing. Please check back for updates.
