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Deputies shoot at 19-year-old after responding to large crowd disturbance in Chester County, officials say

Man was injured in a separate shooting

CHESTER, S.C. (WBTV) - A teenager was shot at by deputies early Sunday morning in Chester County as they helped the police with a large crowd disturbance.

Around 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said a deputy shot at a 19-year-old teenager in the area of Cushman Drive when he allegedly ran away from deputies.

Officials said the teenager was not shot and was taken into custody and a firearm was recovered.

It was not immediately clear why a deputy fired their weapon or why the teenager was running from them.

The Chester County Sheriff’s Office identified the teenager as 19-year-old Ty’Quavious Lamar Mcclurkin. The sheriff’s office said they gave commands to Mcclurkin before he ran away on foot.

Police arrested Mcclurkin and was held at the Chester County Detention Center on warrants from the Rock Hill Police Department.

The Chester County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday they were assisting the Chester Police Department with a crowd disturbance in a neighborhood on Cushman Drive.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said when deputies arrived there was a second disturbance outside on Cushman Drive and Fraizer Drive.

Officials said as deputies were talking to people involved in the disturbance and there was a gunshot and a man was injured.

The man was taken to a hospital, but his condition and identity were unknown at the time of this writing.

Officials said they can confirm, at this time, there was no evidence the shot came from a law enforcement officer.

Officials said no officers were injured and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division was asked to investigate the shooting by the Chester County Sheriff’s Office.

It was not immediately clear what the crowds were doing to create a disturbance.