Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Columbia, South Carolina

From Columbia‘s WIStv.com of March 30, 2005
Deputies call fatal NE Richland County shooting self-defense

Authorities are calling a fatal shooting Wednesday morning self-defense.

Around 10:40am Wednesday morning, the Richland County Sheriff's Department responded to a shooting that happened in the roadway of Fowler Street near Hard Scrabble Road in the northeast area of metro Columbia.

The Richland County Coroner's office tells WIS that Harry McCray, 36, was transported to Palmetto Richland Hospital with a single gunshot wound to the chest. He died around 11:22am. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

The sheriff's department says McCray attacked a man whose car broke down in front of his house, leading to the shooting.

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