Lee K9 killed, deputy injured in officer-involved shooting on Friday; Deceased suspect also reportedly involved in officer-involved shooting in Chesterfield County

Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon released a statement concerning the officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday morning.

Altson Modlin, 27, was involved in officer-involved shooting in McBee where he reportedly shot and injured a police officer on Thursday, Sept. 19,  before fleeing. After being spotted in Florence, he was later located about 10 a.m. on Friday near Una Road in Lee County. According to Mikayla Moskov, director of public information for Horry County Police Department, a shooting incident occurred that left one Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy injured as well as Lee County K9 Mikka and Modlin dead.

Horry County Police Department requested assistance from SLED in collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

McBee is about 21.3 miles north of Bishopville and 45.1 miles north of Sumter. 

Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon expressed his gratitude for the support from both the community and fellow law enforcement.

“I want to thank Horry County for taking the lead in investigating this incident, and all of our partners for their support and assistance, including South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR), my sheriff’s office and police department counterparts across the state and region and the ATF. There’s been so much community support from near and far, and each person and agency that has reached out to check on us and offered their prayers is appreciated,” Simon said.  “We are a smaller agency, and we have to wear several different hats here. We are greatly saddened by the loss of K9 Mikka, who was as much a member of our team as my Chief Deputy who was injured.”

An investigation is ongoing.