‘Please, God, Help!’: South Carolina Cop Fatally Shot Suspect He Chased Into House 5 Times, Ordered K-9 to Maul Innocent Homeowner, Faces Up to 50 Years In Prison

A former sheriff’s deputy in South Carolina faces charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault after fatally shooting an unarmed suspect five times and allowing his police dog to attack an innocent man in the same case.Former Florence County deputy Treyvon Jonathan Sellers, who is Black, was arrested by state law enforcement authorities on Aug. 21.Two days after the arrest, the Florence County Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage of the shooting that killed 43-year-old William Dwayne Rankin on May 26. Initially, the video was withheld for more than two months at the request of the victims’ families.Deputy Sellers, 29, had been on leave since the fatal shooting, and he was fired in July following his arrest in an unrelated domestic violence case.Last week, he was awaiting his first hearing while in custody at the Florence County jail.Sellers faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and another 20 years behind bars if found guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in connection with the K9 attack.Back in May, Sellers was in hot pursuit of Rankin, who crashed his car into a tree and fled into a nearby home, according to the South...