The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office released additional information Sunday on a deadly December shooting involving deputies and an 81-year-old man.
The GCSO released a Critical Incident Community Briefing on Feb. 13 that included body camera footage from three officers and the 911 emergency communications that led to the incident.
On Dec. 27, GCSO shot and killed Walter McDonald III, 81, outside of his residence at 30 Pequot Dr. in Greenville.
According to the briefing, deputies arrived at McDonald’s residence a little before 5:30 p.m. after a Greenville County Emergency Communications call. The initial call to 911 was made by McDonald.
“My wife would like to speak with you guys. She would like to talk about an issue,” McDonald said. “Do not come with blue lights and ambulance and bullshit. Just show up and help her.”
He then put his wife on the phone to speak with dispatchers. Dispatchers ask if she has an emergency and she responds, “I don’t think it’s an emergency.”
As the call proceeded, McDonald’s wife, who was not named in the video, eventually told dispatchers that McDonald was making her feel uncomfortable. She said she thought McDonald was having an affair and when she confronted him, he got “kind of aggressive.” She told dispatchers that she did not know if McDonald was “going to try to do anything” or not.