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South Carolina police have released body cam footage that shows the shocking moment a deputy shot and critically injured a 62-year-old man through his front porch window.
The Greenville County Sheriff's deputy was by himself just after midnight on June 14 when he came to Dick Tench's Simpsonville home after a cellphone connected to the address sent out a medical distress alarm.
Tench, who has a concealed weapons permit and did have his gun in his hand at the time, was standing in his home's foyer when the officer shot through a window.
The incident unfolded after the officer rang the doorbell, but got no answer.
He then stepped off the porch to look around the house when he saw movement inside, said Capt Tim Brown on a sheriff's office video briefing about the shooting, which included the body camera video.