South Carolina traffic stop turns dangerous as DUI driver injures deputy, pedestrian
THIS IS NEWS FOUR TODAY. UP ON WYFF NEWS FOUR. A SUSPECT AND POLICE OFFICER DEAD IN A PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL SHOOTING. PLUS, AN UPSTATE GIRL RECEIVING A REMARKABLE HONOR FOR HER HEROIC, LIFE SAVING ACT. GOOD MORNING. I’M PEYTON FURTADO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON YOUR SUNDAY, 7 A.M. IT’S TIME TO GET OUT AND ABOUT. BUT FIRST, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER. BEAUTIFUL. START TO YOUR SUNDAY MORNING. 33 DEGREES. GORGEOUS SUNRISE OUTSIDE. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT AND ABOUT IN THE NEXT LITTLE BIT. SYDNEY SULLIVAN HAS AN OUTLOOK FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO PREPARE FOR TODAY, AND ALSO FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. SYDNEY DEFINITELY A JACKET DAY. I’M GATHERING. ABSOLUTELY. BUT HEY, WE HAVE THAT SUNRISE. JUST A GORGEOUS WAY TO KICK OFF THE DAY WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL COLORS IN THE SKY THAT WE JUST SAW FROM THAT SKY CAM RIGHT NOW AS WE LOOK AT OUR LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR, NICE AND DRY ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. HIGH PRESSURE STILL LOCKED IN, SO THAT’S GOING TO KEEP US QUIET, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU WILL NOTICE A MAJOR CHANGE IN OUR TEMPERATURES. SO IF YOU’RE ANXIOUS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A WARM UP, WE’VE GOT THAT AHEAD. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW. CERTAINLY NOT WARM BY ANY MEANS. IT’S VERY CHILLY, ESPECIALLY IN FRANKLIN. 19 DEGREES THERE, 30 IN ASHEVILLE, 26 IN PICKENS, RIGHT AT FREEZING IN LAWRENCE, 29 IN ABBEVILLE. SO COLD START NONETHELESS. ADD PLENTY OF LAYERS HEADING OUT THE DOOR. IF YOU’RE HEADED TO CHURCH, DEFINITELY GRAB THAT HEAVIER JACKET. BUT BY THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A RISE IN OUR TEMPERATURES. NOT A DRASTIC ONE, BUT WE’LL TAKE A COUPLE OF DEGREES HERE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. YOU MIGHT SEE A FEW CLOUDS DRIFTING TOWARDS THE VERY END OF THE DAY, BUT OUR TEMPERATURES WILL BE GETTING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND WE’RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT MUCH WIND IMPACTING THAT AS WELL. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE YESTERDAY THAT CERTAINLY MADE A DIFFERENCE WITH HOW IT FELT OUTSIDE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SIMILAR SET UP TEMPERATURES WILL GET BACK INTO THE LOWER 50S ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. COMING UP, WE’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHERE TEMPERATURES GO FROM HERE. PETE. THANK YOU. SYDNEY. IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, DEPUTIES HAVE LOCATED A SUSPECT IN FRIDAY SHOOTING. WE’RE TOLD THIS WAS ON GREEN POND ROAD IN FOUNTAIN INN. AND DEPUTIES SAY SEVERAL JUVENILES WERE IN A VEHICLE WHEN A TEEN BOY FIRED A GUN INSIDE THAT CAR. THEY SAY A TEEN GIRL WAS SHOT AT LEAST ONE TIME. DEPUTIES SAY THAT SUSPECT THEN GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN INTO THE WOODS. WE’RE TOLD THE VICTIM WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HER OWN, AND WE DON’T KNOW HOW SHE’S DOING. DEPUTIES SAY THEY’RE GOING TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION LATER AT ANOTHER TIME. THAT TEENAGE BOY HAS BEEN CAUGHT. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT, IF ANY, CHARGES WILL BE FILED. STAYING IN GREENVILLE COUNTY NOW, OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE INVESTIGATING A FIRE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES GOT THAT CALL JUST BEFORE 130 SATURDAY MORNING. THIS IS AT THE BOULDER CREEK APARTMENTS AT 300 FURMAN HALL ROAD. NOW, OFFICIALS SAY NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE REPORTED THAT THIS PARTICULAR APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS HAD ISSUES WITH AC AND HEATING. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU AS WE LEARN MORE. IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT A HOSPITAL IN YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LEFT ONE POLICE OFFICER DEAD. OTHER PEOPLE WOUNDED SATURDAY. NBC’S MAYA ENGLAND HAS THE LATEST. TRAGEDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. POLICE RESPONDING TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON SITE. PEOPLE FRANTICALLY RUNNING FROM DANGER. EMERGENCY DISPATCH CALLING FOR HELP. REPORTS OF AN OFFICER DOWN AS WELL AS THE SHOOTER DOWN INSIDE THE HOSPITAL. POLICE IDENTIFIED THE SHOOTER, SAYING HE’S 49 YEAR OLD DIOGENES ARCANGEL ORTIZ, WHO ENTERED THE HOSPITAL AFTER 1030 CARRYING A BAG THAT INCLUDED A HANDGUN AND ZIP TIES. POLICE SAY HE HELD A DOCTOR, NURSE AND CUSTODIAN HOSTAGE. ALL THREE SHOT AND INJURED. THREE OFFICERS ALSO SHOT. ONE DIDN’T MAKE IT. WEST YORK BOROUGH OFFICER ANDREW DUARTE KILLED WHILE RESPONDING TO THE SCENE. THIS IS A HUGE LOSS TO OUR COMMUNITY. WHILE NO PATIENTS WERE INJURED, OFFICIALS CONFIRMING THE SHOOTER WAS KILLED BY AUTHORITIES. HIS MOTIVE UNKNOWN. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. AND BEYOND ANY AND ALL DOUBT THAT THE OFFICERS WERE JUSTIFIED IN TAKING THEIR ACTION AND USING DEADLY FORCE. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO IN YORK, HONORING THE HOSPITAL STAFF AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HE CALLS HEROES. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK, LIVES WERE SAVED TODAY HERE AT UPMC MEMORIAL. WE’RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TODAY AND RAN IMMEDIATELY TOWARD DANGER. THAT WAS NBC’S MAYA EAGLIN REPORTING. LAST NIGHT, A PROCESSION WAS HELD FOR OFFICER ANDREW DUARTE, WHO DIED WHILE RESPONDING TO YESTERDAY’S ATTACK. FIRST RESPONDERS LINED UP ALONG GEORGE STREET AT THE ENTRANCE TO WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL, WHERE VICTIMS WERE BEING TAKEN, AND AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES DROVE BY, THEY FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS. THE PROCESSION WAS TO HONOR DUARTE’S SACRIFICE AND HIS BRAVERY, AND BACK IN THE UPSTATE, A GREENVILLE COUNTY TEENAGER RECEIVED A REMARKABLE HONOR FOR HER HEROIC, LIFE SAVING ACT. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, AN 18 WHEELER SLAMMED INTO A CAR ON INTERSTATE 385 SOUTH IN SIMPSONVILLE. BOTH THE 18 WHEELER AND VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. 14 YEAR OLD MCKINLEY TURNER, ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS, JUMPED INTO ACTION TO PULL THAT DRIVER FROM THE VEHICLE HIT BEFORE HER CAR BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. NOW TURNER, WHO WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WITH HER MOM, HAD JUST RECEIVED HER CPR CERTIFICATION RIGHT BEFORE THAT CRASH. SHE WAS ABLE TO USE THAT TRAINING TO ADMINISTER CRITICAL AID. YESTERDAY, SHE WAS GIVEN THE CIVIL AIR PATROL LIFESAVING AWARD. I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE TOP, LIKE THREE MOMENTS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. THERE’S THERE’S NOT MUCH THAT BEATS THIS. AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A MOMENT THAT I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER. TURNER SAYS NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF SHE DIDN’T LEARN CPR. SHE ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. AND IN GREENVILLE, THE PARKER DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL MUSEUM OPENED TO THE PUBLIC YESTERDAY. THE MUSEUM HOLDS MEMORIES FROM THE YEARS THAT PARKER’S DOORS WERE OPEN. NOW THAT SCHOOL FORMED IN 1924 FOR THE CHILDREN OF FAMILIES WORKING IN THE MANY MILLS AROUND GREENVILLE COUNTY. SO THAT THEY COULD LEARN BETTER SKILLS AND PREPARE FOR COLLEGE. THEY TREASURED THE MOMENTS THEY WERE THERE. THEY LOOK BACK ON IT WITH FOND MEMORIES. THEY HAVE MUCH DESIRE TO RELIVE SOME OF THOSE TIMES, AND THIS HELPS RELIVE, RELIVE MOST OF THE TIMES THAT ARE WAS THERE WHEN WE WERE AT PARKER. THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED ON THE BACK END OF HERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCH. IT’S GOING TO BE OPEN TODAY FROM 2 TO 5 IN THE AFTERNOON. AND IN ANDERSON COUNTY, GOLFERS OF ALL AGES AND SKILL SETS HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO DO TOGETHER. THE CLUB AT BROOKSTONE HELD ITS GRAND OPENING FOR THEIR NEW MINI GOLF COURSE. IT’S DESIGNED TO BRING FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. AND IT ALSO FEATURES A TRACKMAN RANGE AND A FULL GOLF COURSE CATERING TO BOTH CASUAL PLAYERS AND AVID GOLFERS. THE GOAL IS TO BECOME A GO TO SPOT FOR FUN AND RELAXATION IN ANDERSON AND POKEMON. FANS WERE OUT AND ABOUT IN FULL FORCE AT THE ANDERSON COUNTY MUSEUM YESTERDAY FOR POKEMON DAY. THE EVENT GAVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE WORLD OF POKEMON, WHETHER THEY WERE PLAYING OR TRADING POKEMON CARDS. THEY ALSO GOT TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE ICONIC GAME AND SHOW, AND LATER THIS MORNING ON. FOR THE RECORD, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PREVENTING DRUNK DRIVING. MARGIE CARACCIOLO FROM ANDERSON SHARES HER SON VICTOR’S STORY. VICTOR WAS KILLED IN A CRASH IN 2013. THE DRIVER WHO HIT HIM WAS IMPAIRED WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS KILLED. IT’S LIKE YOU SEE ON TV. I JUST COLLAPSED. I LITERALLY JUST FELL ON THE FLOOR, LIKE. LIKE YOU SEE, PEOPLE DO. THE PEOPLE AROUND ME HELPED ME TAKE CARE OF THINGS. LIKE, HOW DO YOU GET THAT MESSAGE TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER THAT’S UP AT DUKE? YOU DON’T WANT A TEXT OR AN EMAIL TO COME FROM A SCHOOL OF 2000 THAT HE WENT TO, AND SO SOMEHOW WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THAT UNDER WRAPS. CHIARA CIVELLO SHARES MORE ON HER STORY AND HOW HER FAMILY IS NOW ACTIVELY RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRIVING DRUNK. JOIN US THIS MORNING AT 1130 FOR THE FUL
South Carolina traffic stop turns dangerous as DUI driver injures deputy, pedestrian
Updated: 12:57 PM EST Feb 23, 2025
During a traffic stop, a drunk driver rear-ended a patrol car, causing the patrol car to hit a deputy and pedestrian.Around 2 a.m. Saturday, deputies conducted a traffic stop in the area of Broad River Road and Zimalcrest Drive in Columbia, South Carolina, after a driver made an improper lane change.More News: Arson investigation underway after fire in bathroom of Upstate Dollar GeneralDeputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department discovered multiple firearms in the vehicle, so the driver and passenger were asked to step out. While deputies continued the traffic stop with the driver, an assisting deputy stepped away with the passenger.As both the assisting deputy and the passenger were standing out of the roadway, beside the deputy’s patrol car, a drunk driver struck the rear end of the patrol car, causing the car to hit the civilian and deputy.Deputies on scene immediately requested EMS and began providing aid to the civilian. The driver of the car that rear ended the patrol car was detained and identified as 36-year-old Capona Turner.The civilian was transported to a local hospital with injuries. The deputy sustained minor injuries and was cleared on scene by EMS.More News: Woman hit and killed in early morning crashSouth Carolina Highway Patrol responded to work the wreck. SCHP charged Turner with driving under the influence. She was transported to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.The driver of the vehicle that was initially stopped was charged with simple possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, and open container of liquor. He was transported to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.”My thoughts are with the victim that was injured,” says Sheriff Leon Lott, “we are so fortunate that this incident was not any worse than it already is. Thankfully, our deputy is doing well and will be able to return to work. I hope people understand that driving impaired is one of the most selfish things you can do.”More News: Two crashes cause two-hour long shut down on I-85 SouthDeputies remind drivers, if you plan to drink, know how you are going to get home. Schedule a ride share, make arrangements to be picked up or to stay with someone; don’t selfishly put others’ lives at risk.
During a traffic stop, a drunk driver rear-ended a patrol car, causing the patrol car to hit a deputy and pedestrian.
Around 2 a.m. Saturday, deputies conducted a traffic stop in the area of Broad River Road and Zimalcrest Drive in Columbia, South Carolina, after a driver made an improper lane change.
More News: Arson investigation underway after fire in bathroom of Upstate Dollar General
Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department discovered multiple firearms in the vehicle, so the driver and passenger were asked to step out. While deputies continued the traffic stop with the driver, an assisting deputy stepped away with the passenger.
As both the assisting deputy and the passenger were standing out of the roadway, beside the deputy’s patrol car, a drunk driver struck the rear end of the patrol car, causing the car to hit the civilian and deputy.
Deputies on scene immediately requested EMS and began providing aid to the civilian. The driver of the car that rear ended the patrol car was detained and identified as 36-year-old Capona Turner.
The civilian was transported to a local hospital with injuries. The deputy sustained minor injuries and was cleared on scene by EMS.
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South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to work the wreck. SCHP charged Turner with driving under the influence. She was transported to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
The driver of the vehicle that was initially stopped was charged with simple possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, and open container of liquor. He was transported to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
“My thoughts are with the victim that was injured,” says Sheriff Leon Lott, “we are so fortunate that this incident was not any worse than it already is. Thankfully, our deputy is doing well and will be able to return to work. I hope people understand that driving impaired is one of the most selfish things you can do.”
More News: Two crashes cause two-hour long shut down on I-85 South
Deputies remind drivers, if you plan to drink, know how you are going to get home. Schedule a ride share, make arrangements to be picked up or to stay with someone; don’t selfishly put others’ lives at risk.
