Police: Officer shot man who tried to get inside patrol car
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say a South Carolina police officer shot and killed a man who was trying to get into the officer's car.
News outlets report the shooting happened Monday night when police were responding to reports of a fight at a home.
Few details have been released, but Pendleton Police Chief Doyle Burdette says a man in the road charged at an officer, who first used his stun gun to try to contain him.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Burdette says the officer shot the man after he refused commands to stop and tried to get inside the officer's car.
As is customary with officer-involved shootings, the State Law Enforcement Division is investigating. State police say the man killed was white as is the officer.
Authorities say the officer was not injured.