Kenneth Brian Turner, 37, was shot and killed by Darlington County sheriff’s deputies on April 14, 2022, after deputies tied a stolen motorcycle to him and located him walking near McIver Road and Old Florence Road in Darlington, South Carolina. Deputies say Turner removed a sawed-off shotgun from a bag he was carrying; eyewitnesses reported deputies repeatedly ordered him to drop the weapon. After initially pointing the firearm at himself, Turner then aimed the shotgun at deputies and three deputies fired, striking him multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Darlington County Coroner; no officers were injured.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened an independent inquiry into the officer-involved shooting and turned its findings over to 4th Circuit Solicitor Will Rogers. In July 2022 Rogers announced that, after reviewing the SLED file, there was insufficient evidence to support criminal charges and that the deputies’ use of force was justified; no arrests were made and the identities of the deputies who fired were not released. Does anyone have firsthand information about the scene that day or knew Kenneth Turner?