POLICE OFFICER SHOOTS SUSPECT

Two Charged After Fountain Inn Officer Was Dragged By Car

A Fountain Inn police officer shot a man in the chest after the
officer was dragged by a car on Fairview Street, the police chief said.

Detective R.C. Ladnier shot [Name redacted], 24, Greenville, after
[Name redacted] tried to drive away while Ladnier questioned him
about selling drugs at about 4 p.m. July 26, Fountain Inn Police
Chief Keith Morton said.

Ladnier reached for the keys to shut off the car which began to move
and drag him. Ladnier fired one round and hit [Name redacted] in the
right side of the chest, Morton said. [Name redacted] fled the scene
but was stopped by another police officer about a mile away on Fairview Street.

"We were glad that nobody was seriously injured," Morton said. "No
policeman ever wants to go through having to discharge his weapon or,
God forbid, having to shoot somebody."

[Name redacted] was treated for the gunshot wound at Greenville
Memorial Hospital and released to police custody. The bullet entered
the right side of his chest and exited near his shoulder.

Ladnier suffered scrapes and bruises and was given a physical
examination July 27.

Ladnier had pulled his patrol car behind [Name redacted]s car and
walked up to question him, Morton said. [Name redacted] tried several
times to back up his car so he could maneuver around the patrol car,
then backed up, hit the patrol car and drove past another patrol car
on his way out of the parking lot, Morton said.

was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, opposing
or resisting a law enforcement officer and possession of marijuana.

[Name redacted], 21, Fountain Inn, was also arrested at the scene and
charged with possession of ecstasy and possession of marijuana.