Christopher "Chris" Schirrod Butler
Name: Christopher "Chris" Schirrod Butler
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/16/2021
Location: 34.508730, -81.953770 Torrington Road
Laurens, South Carolina, 29360
County: Laurens
Agency: Laurens County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Deputies were traveling on Highway 76 East from Clinton to Laurens when they saw a silver car with a large TV box on the roof. They noticed that the driver and the front-seat passenger were holding the TV box to the roof with their hands. They followed the vehicle. The car reportedly also matched the description of a recent theft from Walmart involving a stolen TV. Deputies got close enough to the vehicle to read the tag and communicate it to dispatch. However, the TV box fell off the roof, so deputies say they activated their emergency lights and attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver then began to increase their speed and fled, until the driver went around a curve, lost control of the vehicle and struck a telephone pole off the side of the roads. Driver Christopher Butler was killed.
Unique ID: 30435
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