FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a man shot by a police officer in the parking lot of a South Carolina hotel has died.
Florence Mayor Stephen Wukela said the man fired at the officer first at the Hilton Garden Inn around 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken said 68-year-old Jethro Benjamin died a few hours later at the hospital.
Wukela said in a statement that officers came to the hotel because of a 911 call about a man with a gun and Benjamin was ordered to drop the weapon before he fired.
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the shooting.
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