On Monday afternoon, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department announced the completion of an investigation of an officer-involved shooting near Harbison Blvd. last month.
On Sept. 13, RCSD received a call from the Rochester Police Department in Minnesota to warn them 29-year-old Renard Carter had come to Columbia to kill an ex-girlfriend.
Carter was located in a room at the Aloft Hotel located on Lanneau Court. An arrest team went to apprehend Carter, but he made threats to shoot officers while inside the hotel room. Authorities tried to negotiate with Carter to get him out of the room, but Carter refused and told officers he had a rifle.
Later, Carter opened the door and pointed a weapon at the officers. 2 Lexington County deputies and 1 State Law Enforcement Division shot Carter multiple times in the upper body. It was later learned, the weapon Carter pointed at officers was a BB gun.
RCSD began investigating the incident at the request of SLED. The case findings are to be turned over to SC Attorney General Alan Wilson at the request of 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard.
On Sept. 24 Carter was extradited to Minnesota to face charges from the Rochester Police Department for killing his pregnant girlfriend and her 2-year-old daughter.