BEAUFORT, S.C. (WCSC) - The sheriff of Beaufort County confirmed a deputy caught on camera pointing a gun at youths in a neighborhood over the weekend has been fired.

Sheriff P.J. Tanner said the former deputy, whom he identified as William “Billy” Squires, was terminated on Friday morning. The sheriff’s office also requested that the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy revoke his state law enforcement certification, he said.

Tanner listed multiple policy violations he said Squires made in the incident. One of them, Tanner said, was insubordination in the deputy’s refusal to submit to a DataMaster test, also known as a “breathalyzer” test, as responding deputies notified Tanner of their suspicion that alcohol might have been involved.

“A deputy sheriff is sworn in, and he’s sworn in

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