South Carolina deputy shot and killed in ambush, sheriff says

Darlington County Deputy Devin Mason, 27, was shot and killed in an ambush while attempting to arrest a suspect, just one week after completing field training.

Mason died of his injuries while the second deputy, whose name was not immediately released, was hospitalized and in stable condition.

The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Cameron Ray Dennett, was also killed. Dennett was wanted for criminal conspiracy, forgery and a computer crime and was not allowed to have a gun, the sheriff’s office said.