Video shows police officer ambushed in patrol car in explosion of gunfire, suspect found dead after shootout

A Greenville, South Carolina, constabulary serviceman was ambushed successful his patrol car aft a fishy pulled up beside him and opened occurrence successful an onslaught that was captured connected surveillance video and ended with the gunman dead.

Video released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) shows a conveyance pulling into a parking batch and stopping straight alongside the driver’s broadside of a marked patrol car. Seconds later, gunfire flashes successful the acheronian arsenic the fishy opens occurrence earlier driving away, leaving the serviceman wounded wrong the patrol car.

The wounded serviceman was rushed to the infirmary for attraction and has since been released.

Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said deputies aboriginal located the suspect’s vehicle, mounting disconnected a little pursuit.

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Surveillance video shows a conveyance driving done a parking batch astatine nighttime successful Greenville. Police said the conveyance was progressive successful a shooting that targeted 1 officer. (The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) )

Authorities accidental determination were aggregate exchanges of gunfire during the chase, which ended with a clang and the fishy recovered dormant wrong his vehicle. The Greenville County Coroner identified the fishy arsenic David William Lane, 42.

"This incidental stemmed from an ambush-style onslaught against a Greenville metropolis officer," Lewis said.

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital that it had anterior interaction with Lane earlier Sunday’s ambush. In a statement, the sheriff’s bureau said deputies received aggregate complaints from neighbors connected Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 regarding Lane’s comments and behavior.

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Damage is disposable connected a Greenville constabulary patrol conveyance pursuing a shooting that constabulary said targeted a azygous officer. (The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) )

Deputies responded to and investigated each complaint, determining that portion the behaviour was concerning, it did not emergence to the level required for a transgression apprehension warrant.

Out of an abundance of caution, the sheriff’s bureau said administrators astatine the Hunting Downs flat analyzable coordinated with deputies to prosecute off-duty sheriff’s deputies for security. That item began connected Jan. 8 to assistance guarantee the information of residents.

A parent whose girl lived astatine the analyzable shared information video with Fox Carolina that appears to amusement Lane approaching her daughter’s flat earlier this period portion carrying a firearm. The pistillate told the outlet that Lane had been stalking her girl and others astatine the analyzable and made threatening statements.

A 2nd presumption shows harm to a Greenville constabulary patrol conveyance aft a shooting that constabulary said was an ambush targeting 1 officer. (The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) )

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SLED was requested to analyse the ambush by some the Greenville Police Department and the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. The bureau says it volition behaviour a thorough, autarkic investigation, including witnesser interviews and forensic testing, earlier submitting its findings to prosecutors. No further details are being released astatine this time.

The bureau said the incidental marks the 2nd officer-involved shooting successful South Carolina successful 2026 and the archetypal involving the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office this year. SLED said the authorities recorded 45 officer-involved shootings successful 2025, 7 of which progressive the sheriff’s office.

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].