Hostage situation at SC home ends when deputies discover body, sheriff says

Hostage situation at SC home ends when deputies discover body, sheriff says

The sheriff’s office said it responded to a situation with an armed man barricaded in a home while holding family members hostage.

Suspect found dead in underground bunker after hostage situation, Sumter County deputies say

Deputies say the suspect, identified as Anthony Lee Safrit, was found dead in a bunker beneath a garage after a hostage incident in Sumter County.

Sumter County deputies control hostage situation in Wedgefield area, hostages freed

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– Sumter County deputies say a hostage situation involving a barricaded person was resolved Monday afternoon. FILE - Shown is a Philadelphia police car with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The Philadelphia Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police has filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 seeking to stop a city law banning officers from pulling over drivers for low-level offenses from going into …