Brother: Man shot by deputy struggled with mental illness

MICHELLE LIU
Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The brother of a Black man shot to death by a deputy in South Carolina over the weekend says he begged the deputy not to shoot and warned of the man’s mental health issues beforehand. Authorities say deputies were responding to a domestic violence call Saturday when when 34-year-old Irvin D. Moorer Charley advanced upon them with a wooden stake outside of a Columbia home. Moorer Charley’s brother, Ivan Charley, told The Associated Press on Monday that Moorer Charley wasn’t a threat and deputies should have tried to subdue him in other ways. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has says the deputies were protecting themselves in a dangerous situation.