Sketch, description of person of interest in shooting of Berkeley County ... - Charleston Post Courier
The Berkeley County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and wounded by a masked gunman late Thursday, has been taken off a ventilator and is talking and recognizing family members, a county spokesman said Saturday. “While doctors are cautiously optimistic, Lt. Will Rogers is still considered in critical but stable condition,” the spokesman said via social media. A witness who came forward described him as a black man, between 5-feet-10 and 5-feet-11, and 150 to 170 pounds, spokesman Thom Berry said. Rogers, 54, of Summerville, was shot about 10:30 p. m. Thursday while talking to a customer outside the Exxon at U. S. Highway 52 and Cypress Gardens Road. He underwent surgery early Friday and was listed in critical condition at Medical University Hospital, Berkeley County spokesman Michael Mule said. He has been with the Sheriff’s Office since 1991 and was one of 15 people who recently ran for sheriff of the county, but he did not advance out of last month’s primary. He was with the S. C. Highway Patrol from 1984 to 1990. He served in the Marines from 1980 to 1984. “I would ask that you keep he and his family in your prayers,” Acting Sheriff Butch Henerey said. The manhunt Hundreds of officers from the State Law Enforcement Division and multiple local, state and federal. Source: www.postandcourier.com
