Man killed by shotgun booby trap at family member's home, South Carolina sheriff says

A South Carolina man was killed while checking on a family member's house this week, police said. Investigators found a door of the home was booby-trapped with a shotgun. 

Deputies from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported shooting at a home on Monday evening. They found 34-year-old Jordan Dove "suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," the sheriff's office said in a news release. Dove was taken to an area hospital where he died of his injuries. 

Dove was the only person at the home at the time of the shooting, police said. Investigators found that the front door of the house was barricaded. Further investigation found that the home had been booby-trapped, with a shotgun rigged at the back door to fire at anyone who attempted to enter. Police were able to disable the trap. No officers were harmed.