Civil Plaintiff
A Teen Who Was Shot by SC Deputies Wins a $700K Lawsuit
Lawyers for a teenager who was shot multiple times by Anderson County, South Carolina deputies and bitten by a K-9, announced a $700,000 settlement in a civil lawsuit against the sheriff’s office.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 16-year-old who was bitten by an Anderson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 before being shot five times during an incident on Aug. 11, 2020.
According to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) report, deputies were chasing the teen and 21-year-old Bryan Hamilton Jr. following a crash.
