Recent police shootings in Midlands show need for split-second judgment | The State

AUGUST 2014: An alleged carjacker was shot by Richland County deputies while trying to flee arrest with another man at Brook Pines Apartments in Harbison. He later was charged with three counts of attempted murder for trying to run over three officers with his car. Investigators say they linked the men to an incident a week earlier in which two armed men took the car of a man and woman in Harbison, assaulting them in the process. — AUGUST 2014: An alleged carjacker was shot by Richland County deputies while trying to flee arrest with another man at Brook Pines Apartments in Harbison. He later was charged with three counts of attempted murder for trying to run over three officers with his car. Investigators say they linked the men to an incident a week earlier in which two armed men took the car of a man and woman in Harbison, assaulting them in the process. THE STATE FILE PHOTOGRAPH

This story was originally published March 21, 2015 at 11:36 PM with the headline "Recent police shootings in Midlands show need for split-second judgment."