By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
- • New video released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shows a suspect firing rounds believed to be incendiary ammunition at a Greenville police officer seated in a patrol vehicle in an ambush attack.
- • The ambush occurred early Jan. 11 at the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center, and the officer was wounded and later released from the hospital.
- • The suspect, identified as 42-year-old David William Lane, fled and was located by deputies, prompting a brief pursuit and subsequent officer-involved shooting.
- • Lane was found dead in his vehicle from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the coroner ruled his death a suicide.
- • The incident remains under investigation by SLED along with other local and federal agencies.
GREENVILLE, SC — Authorities have released video showing a man firing what investigators believe were incendiary rounds at a Greenville police officer seated inside a patrol vehicle during an ambush at the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center early Jan. 11, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said.
Surveillance footage released by SLED shows the suspect’s vehicle pulling alongside the patrol car before multiple flashes from gunfire are visible, officials said. The officer was struck and taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital for treatment and has since been released, sources said.
Investigators identified the suspect as 42-year-old David William Lane of Greenville. After the ambush, law enforcement located his vehicle on Roper Mountain Road, and a brief pursuit ensued, SLED and local sheriff’s officials said.
The pursuit ended in an officer-involved shooting near Independence Boulevard and Ponders Ray Lane shortly after 3 a.m. following the ambush. Lane was found deceased in his vehicle, and the Greenville County Coroner’s Office determined he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ruling the death a suicide.
SLED continues to lead the investigation into the ambush and subsequent encounters, with assistance from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, South Carolina Highway Patrol, the FBI and other partner agencies, officials said.