{"id":76874,"date":"2022-02-03T02:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76874"},"modified":"2022-02-03T04:51:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:51:32","slug":"76874","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76874","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Upstate resident shoots and kills intruder during burglary<\/a><\/p>\n

CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) \u2013 The Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office is investigating an overnight burglary that left one person dead.<\/p>\n

According to the Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies were called to a home on Deana Lane in Blacksburg shortly after 2:20 a.m. Wednesday. There, they say that 29-year-old Roger Robertson forced his way into the home and assaulted one of the residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI received a call about 2:30 this morning from my mom. She was very erratic, barely speaking,\u201d said Lee Tallent, relative of the resident.<\/p>\n

He told 7News that it was a moment of disbelief when he was awoken out of his sleep by a call informing him that his brother had been involved in a shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I got it out of her, I realized there had been a shooting at my mom\u2019s residence. After talking to her a little bit we had figured out that my little brother had fired a shot,\u201d said Tallent. \u201cSomebody had broke into the house, busted through the front door and started attacking my little brother with an object.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s office said the resident, feared for their safety, then fired a single round, striking Robertson in the chest.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy little brother was just able, thank God, able to access his handgun and fire a point shot,\u201d said Tallent. \u201cIt makes me feel like I wish I had been here. Me and my brother are real close. We are like night and day, but we are real close. I\u2019ve always had his back and he\u2019s always had my back. And so, I hate that I wasn\u2019t here to help him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert fled the scene in a waiting vehicle that was taken to Cherokee Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 3:28 a.m., according to the Coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

The resident was also taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries sustained during the burglary.<\/p>\n

Now the family is left piecing together the overnight encounter, counting their blessings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here with my mom for a couple of hours and she\u2019s been pretty upset. She\u2019s tore up about it and I know my little brother is tore up about it too,\u201d said Tallent. \u201cThe last thing he would ever want is to take somebody\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Investigators have determined that Robertson was known by the victim prior to the burglary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upstate resident shoots and kills intruder during burglary CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) \u2013 The Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office is investigating an overnight burglary that left one person dead. According to the Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies were called to a home on Deana Lane in Blacksburg shortly after 2:20 a.m. Wednesday. There, they say that 29-year-old Roger … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76875,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76874\/revisions\/76875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}