Justin Hill
Mar 7, 2019
Local Police Thought his Life Was Over
Orangeburg police officer Carlos Vacanti thought he was going to die. Vacanti responded to a call about a a suspect stealing from parked cars.
"I remember his eyes. They were cold, the eyes of a killer." Vacanti recalled that suspenseful night and events. "There's no doubt in my mind that he wanted to to kill me last night just because I stopped him."
According to Vacanti, the suspect had a handgun in his waistband, and began shooting when confronted on the corner of Buckley street near SC State and Claflin University. "When I heard the shot, I thought he had hit me"
Five minutes later after Vacanti's backup had arrived, the suspect was found trying to break in a house to hide from the police. The suspect was apprehended and turned into custody.
Vacanti still remembers the bone-chilling encounter saying "I still smell the gunpowder this morning. I thought I was dead."
The suspect is due in court next month.
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