Posted on 08/01/2017 1:27:12 PM PDT by upchuck
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC
A Richland County sheriff’s deputy killed himself using his service weapon in his cruiser while on duty Friday afternoon, Sheriff Leon Lott announced Monday.
Senior Deputy Derek Fish, 28, shot himself with his department-issued gun in his patrol car Friday, Lott said. After finishing his shift, the deputy drove his patrol car back to Region 3 headquarters on Bishop Avenue and parked behind the building, where he is believed to have shot himself between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Another deputy found him.
“We’re all struggling to try to understand why, and we don’t have an answer,” Lott said at a Monday news conference to discuss Fish’s death and suicide prevention, a move approved by the deputy’s family. “He didn’t leave a note, he didn’t communicate with anybody what his intentions were. For all purposes, that shift was a normal shift.”
Fish, who was known as “Nemo” in the department, joined the agency in May 2011, Lott said. He worked his way up the ranks and was promoted last week to master deputy.
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>>You shiats couldn’t respond to me in any way. None of you.
How many lives have you saved? Tell the story.
How many have you saved, and how did you save them? Give us the details big guy, just so we’ll be sure you’re not like one of those “war heroes” who was never in the service.
Couldn’t afford health insurance?
I caught wind about this shortly after it happened.
I live in Columbia, and in this day of social media word travels fast.
RIP Deputy.
**you don’t deserve the Lord’s blessings**
None of us do.
Yup. Everyone here in Richland County that I know is thrilled to death with the professionalism on display here in our little county.
You shiats couldn’t respond to me in any way. None of you.
How many lives have you saved? Tell the story.
WTF...?
I am glad Mark Gottlieb is dead. He should have been dead a long time ago.
Jeez dude, chillax, yo.
If in the next 10 minutes somebody near my cubicle tries to jump I will intervene and get back to you!
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