LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A man died Tuesday from a crossbow self-inflicted wound when deputies said they were attempting to serve a warrant.
Deputies responded to the 2200 block of Indian Mound Road to serve a warrant for criminal sexual conduct according to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said the man barricaded himself in the home with a crossbow.
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team responded and attempted to take the man into custody.
Deputies were later able to enter the home where they found the man with a self-inflicted wound to the chest.
The coroner’s office said the man, 57-year-old Keith William Dramstad, died at the scene.
His death is being ruled as a suicide.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is assisting with the investigation.
