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Upstate sheriff's office sued over deadly 2024 shooting
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – The family of a man who was shot and killed by a Greenville County deputy in 2024 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming he was mistaken for an assault suspect.
51-year-old Robert L. Campbell was shot and killed the night of January 26, 2024 while Greenville County deputies were responding to an assault at a business next door to Campbell's property.
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office later said that Campbell fired at deputies and deputies returned fire, killing him.
The lawsuit claims that deputies were on the wrong property and believed that Campbell was the assault suspect they were seeking.
The suit said that Campbell believed he was dealing trespassers on his property and that he fired a warning shot into the air, not at deputies.
The lawsuit alleges negligence by the deputies by failing to properly identify themselves or deescalate the situation.
Deputies are also accused in the lawsuit of failing to provide aid or life-saving measures to Campbell until 35 minutes after the shooting.
Four deputies, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis, and the Greenville County Sheriff's Office are named in the lawsuit which was filed last week.
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office declined to comment.
Read the full lawsuit below:
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