Jeffrey Smith

Deadly force

Charleston County sheriff's deputies received a confusing 911 call. Smith told dispatchers that he had been "stabbed in the heart," but his speech was garbled. Guided by only flashlights, deputies saw him outside his mobile home holding a rifle. Two deputies at the scene told him to drop the weapon, but he fired it twice into the woods. One of the deputies shot Smith in the back of the neck, killing him.