Perrin Richard ’Rick’ Love II was a 25-year-old Charleston Police Department officer who died after responding to a domestic disturbance. He had been with the department less than a year when he and a partner went to a residence where the phone lines had been cut and the electricity turned off. Officers forced entry through a window and encountered a suspect armed with a knife in a dark hallway.

During a struggle the partner fired two shots; one struck the suspect and the other hit Officer Love in the abdomen, below his vest. Both the suspect and Officer Love were taken to a local hospital but later died of internal bleeding. The shooting left the department and community reeling.

Are there witnesses who were in the area that night or anyone with information about the events leading up to the disturbance?