South Carolina: A man in the United States first rescued a man who was drowning in a lake and then shot him.
A boatman rescued a drowning man from Lake Kiwi in the US state of South Carolina, but shot him dead in self-defense when he came upon it, according to details.
The incident happened last Tuesday, when the 74-year-old boatman was sailing on the lake with his wife when he saw 29-year-old Nathan Drew Morgan and a woman drowning, both wearing life jackets. And they were saving themselves from drowning.
According to media reports, the pair fell into the water from a jet ski. When Morgan and the woman were pulled up by the old boatman, Morgan suddenly became angry and began attacking the elderly couple, the Okon County Sheriff’s Office said. The old man on the pontoon boat pushed him back into the lake to get himself out of trouble.
However, the elderly couple took pity on him again and pulled him up again. However, when he again attacked the old couple in a fit of rage, the old man finally shot and killed him. According to police officials, the old sailor shot himself and his wife to save their lives.
According to authorities, despite the shooting of a man, the old man was not charged with attempted murder, as he fired in self-defense to save his life, and the police department investigated the scene and the incident. Û”
The sheriff’s office said in a statement that the shooting was carried out in self-defense and that no charges would be brought against the citizen.