RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Authorities are now saying a deadly shooting earlier this week in Richland County was justified.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said the incident happened late Monday as someone tried breaking into a home on the 8100 block of Bayfield Road.

Deputies later responded after reports of gunfire and found a man with a gunshot wound. RCSD said the man died after being taken to a hospital. As of Wednesday afternoon, he has not been identified.

The sheriff’s department said the shooter and a witness told deputies that the man who was shot tried kicking down the door of an apartment to force himself inside. The shooter then reportedly grabbed a firearm and shot the man.

RCSD said investigators determined the shooting was justified based on those accounts,

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