DRUG BUST GOES AWRY; SUSPECT SHOT, KILLED

Undercover officers shot to death a young man who tried to run them over
after a staged drug deal, the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said late
Thursday.

The State Law Enforcement Division was called to investigate shortly after
the 7 p.m. shooting, said Maj. Dan Johnson with the Sheriff's Office.

Investigator Wendy Alley with the Coroner's Office identified the deceased
as Aaron Clark Gray, 24, of 145 Raintree Drive in Spartanburg.

Johnson would not release the names of the two officers involved.

The officers had completed a drug buy on Overhill Circle near Highway 9
when they tried to arrest the man, Johnson said. He then tried to run them
over in a yet unidentified vehicle.

Shortly before 11 p.m., Johnson said he did not know how many shots the
officers fired from their standard-issue Sig 9mm handguns.

Gray was taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead
at 9:18 p.m.

Sheriff Chuck Wright said deputies were on the lookout for Gray's family
members, who were overheard threatening retaliation.