Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Charles Porter II

Name: Charles Porter II
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 02/11/2013
Location: 111 Old Field Circle
Williamston, South Carolina, 29697
County: Anderson
Agency: Anderson County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: Deputies had gone to Charles Porter II's home after neighbors called 911 and asked them to check on a man who lived there who was acting strange. Sheriff Skipper said deputies went to the home to try to persuade the man not to harm himself. According to reports, the man was being uncooperative and had a gun near him. When he made a threatening two Anderson County Sheriff's deputies shot the him.
Unique ID: 19131

News article: Link






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