FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department
is not commenting on a reported chase and subsequent crash involving two County
Sheriff’s Department vehicles in pursuit of another vehicle, which ended with a
shooting with injuries.
The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday night, with the
chase commencing on Highway 321 and ending in the vicinity of Highway 200 and
Mobley Road.
When The Voice requested an incident report, Major Brad
Douglas of the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department referred The Voice to the
S.C. Highway Patrol, saying he could not comment on it at this time.
“We turned the investigation over to the Highway Patrol so
it will be up to them to issue the incident report,” Douglas said.
A spokesperson for the S.C. Highway Patrol referred The
Voice to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) which had not, at
press time, responded to a voicemail The Voice left on Monday.
This is a developing story, and more information will be
published as it becomes available. The investigation is being conducted by the
S.C. Highway Department and SLED.
WINNSBORO – A Fairfield County man has died of injuries from what Sheriff’s officials say appears to be a stab wound.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Jewel Street off Highway 34 at 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, July 23. The caller said his brother was bleeding and did not know how it happened or where the blood was coming from, the report stated.
When Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, they reported EMS personnel were trying to locate the wound. EMS later notified deputies that the victim had a large laceration on the inside of his left thigh that appeared to be a stab wound.
The man was pronounced dead by EMS personnel on scene, and Sheriff’s deputies notified the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division who arrived on scene according to the incident report.
The incident is being investigated by SLED and the Fairfield Coroner’s office.
More information will be posted on The Voice’s website as it becomes available.
The manhunt for the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety officer wanted for the attempted murder of his estranged wife ended Thursday evening near the Fairfield/Chester county line with a single gunshot.
Thom Berry, spokesperson for the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said Michael Bernard Roseboro shot himself one time in the chest after Fairfield County Chief Deputy Keith Lewis located Roseboro at Camp Welfare off Arrowhead Road near Great Falls just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Roseboro was transported by ambulance to Palmetto Health Richland with non-life-threatening injuries.
Roseboro faces a charge of attempted murder for the Oct. 28 shooting of his estranged wife outside her home on 8th Street in Winnsboro. According to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, Roseboro was on duty with the Department of Publics Safety Oct. 28 when he drove his patrol car to the home of his estranged wife, Keisha Roseboro, at 148 8th St. and shot her around 9:15 p.m. with his service weapon. Roseboro fled the scene in his patrol car, setting off a search that lasted throughout the night. The patrol car was found abandoned the following morning at approximately 9:30 at a Masonic Lodge on Highway 21 near Great Falls, approximately 1.5 miles from the Chester County line.
Keisha Roseboro, an administrative sergeant with the Fairfield County Detention Center, was transported to Palmetto Richland Hospital following the shooting and was last listed in stable condition.
Roseboro had been spotted earlier Thursday afternoon at the home of his sister off Highway 21, a few miles from Camp Welfare, initiating another massive search by SLED agents. Berry said Lewis was assisting SLED agents as they combed Camp Welfare Thursday evening. Lewis spotted Roseboro and attempted to coax him into surrender. The other SLED agents in the field picked up on the conversation and were closing in on Roseboro, Berry said, when Roseboro drew his gun and shot himself in the chest.
Roseboro had been with the Department of Public Safety for three months, WDPS Chief Freddie Lorick said last week. Roseboro had also served with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office from 2001 to 2010, first as a deputy and finally as an investigator.
