A 20-year-old from Spartanburg has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting at police officers during the Carolina Country Music Festival two years ago.
Chance Kenaz Benson pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 3, to attempted murder, first-degree assault and battery and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, a news release from the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office states. At 11 p.m. on June 10, 2023, police responded to a call about people brandishing firearms. The release states that when police identified the suspects, the defendants fired about 30 shots toward Myrtle Beach police and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division officers who took cover behind parked cars. One officer was shot and recovered from his injuries.
“The Solicitor’s Office stands firmly with our brothers and sisters in law enforcement, and there is no…