SLED investigating officer involved shooting in Charleston County
Friday, Mar 21, 2025
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Charleston County.
A Mount Pleasant Police Department officer responded to a 911 call regarding a person who had exposed himself at a bank. The officer encountered an armed man, Jason McConnell Yount, 42, on Johnnie Dodds Boulevard. During the encounter, there was an altercation where Yount stabbed the officer with a knife and the officer shot him. Both the officer and Yount were transported to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Both have been discharged from the hospital. SLED charged Yount with Attempted Murder on Thursday, March 20, 2025. SLED was requested to investigate by the Mount Pleasant Police Department.
This is an ongoing investigation. As such, no other information about the case will be disclosed by SLED at this time.
SLED conducts law enforcement officer involved shooting (OIS) investigations at the request of the agency involved in the incident or the agency with jurisdiction. When requested to investigate an OIS, SLED’s goal is to conduct a thorough, independent criminal investigation as timely as is possible under the circumstances. SLED agents will conduct interviews with all potential witnesses in this matter. Further, SLED will collect all relevant evidence and will forensically test such evidence as needed. Information gathered in the SLED investigation of the incident will be summarized in a case file report to be submitted to prosecutors.
The incident in Charleston County is the 9th officer involved shooting in South Carolina in 2025. This is the 1st officer involved shooting for the Mount Pleasant Police Department this year.
In 2024, there were 45 officer involved shootings in South Carolina. The Mount Pleasant Police Department had no officer involved shootings last year.
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