Trevor Mullinax, 29, was contemplating suicide when South Carolina deputies pulled up and “immediately” opened fire, striking him nine times in a barrage of 50 bullets, a new lawsuit cl…
South Carolina deputies acted “like cowboys from a John Wayne movie” when they fired off dozens of bullets at a distraught man during a caught-on-video 2021 encounter, according to a new lawsuit.
The footage then shows Mullinax slumped behind the wheel as deputies handcuffed a weeping Beason at the scene.Beason told NBC News “There was a round that hit him smack dab in the middle of the back of his head,” Mullinax’s lawyer, Justin Bamberg, told NBC at the briefing. “Never seen anybody get shot in the back of the head who’s a threat to law enforcement or anybody else.”
York County sheriff’s deputies opened fire almost immediately after pulling up to Trevor Mullinax siting in his pick up truck contemplating suicide in 2021. Mullinax, who was shot nine times, is now suing the county and the sheriff’s office.York County, Sourth Carolina, sheriff’s deputies fired about 50 bullets at Trevor Mullinax inside his pick truck in 2021, striking him nine times. Mullinax and his mother, Tammy Beason, are now suing the county and the sheriff’s office.
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