MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) - Five days after a Berkeley County sheriff’s lieutenant was shot and wounded by a masked gunman in Charleston, the injured lieutenant’s daughter has issued a public plea for information to help catch the suspect.
Jaime Rogers Wyatt tearfully addressed a crowd during a news conference outside the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Tuesday. Her father, Lt. Will Rogers, was shot late May 14 outside a gas station. Authorities say the man then carjacked another victim at gunpoint and fled.
“He left our father there to die,” Rogers’ daughter said. “If this was your son lying in the critical care unit at MUSC, wouldn’t you want someone to help you find the shooter?”
Rogers is in critical but stable condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
More than 200 officers took part in a massive manhunt after the shooting, but authorities have not found the gunman. The manhunt was called off after investigators determined the shooter had made it out of the area.
State Law Enforcement Division agents on Saturday released a sketch of a person of interest in the case. A witness described him as a black man, 5-foot-10 to 5-foot-11, and 150 to 170 pounds, spokesman Thom Berry said. He has dark hair with a reddish tint toward the forehead, he said.
Surveillance video identified the gunman as wearing a mask, dark pants and a white, long-sleeved shirt. He was carrying a red bag.
Officials announced Tuesday that the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect has been increased to $11,000.
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