LOCKHART, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff says one of his deputies shot and killed a man who tried to attack the officer with a knife even after being shocked with a Taser.
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Union County Sheriff David Taylor said 28-year-old Daniel Childers Jr. first tried to use the knife to attack paramedics called to his Lockhart home around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the killing.
Taylor says Childers then threatened the deputy with the knife and kept trying to stab the officer after being hit by the Taser.
Taylor said in a statement Childers died at the scene of the shooting. The deputy and paramedics were not injured.