RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies say a man who shot and killed a man in Ridgeville earlier this week was apparently acting in self-defense.
Local media outlets reported that 23-year-old Ishmel Taquan Rivers was shot and killed Sunday in Ridgeville after he pulled two guns during a fight.
Deputies say Rivers had been out of prison for just two months when he exchanged gunfire with a man. Records show Rivers had just completed a prison term for involuntary manslaughter in a 2012 shooting.
Rivers died at a North Charleston hospital shortly after the shooting.
Chief Deputy Mike Cochran says Rivers shot and wounded a man during Sunday’s dispute before he was shot by another man.
Deputies are continuing to investigate the shooting.
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