Bio & Incident Details
Age: 29
Tour: 1 year, 7 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/13/2011
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Shot and wounded
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Deputy Sheriff Roger Rice was shot and killed as he and other deputies searched for a murder suspect at approximately 11:55 pm.
Officers from the Fountain Inn Police Department had requested assistance from the sheriff's office to locate the man, who had just murdered his girlfriend. Deputies and officers located the man near his home on Barrel Stave Road in Clinton. As they attempted to take him into custody, he opened fire, fatally wounding Deputy Rice. Other officers on the scene returned fire and wounded the subject before taking him into custody.
Deputy Rice had served with the Laurens County Sheriff's Office for 18 months. He is survived by his wife and two children.
