In the early hours of a January morning in Greenville, South Carolina, the fragile covenant between a community and those who guard it was violently tested when a man opened fire on a police officer with incendiary ammunition before a two-hour pursuit ended in his own death. Officer Giordano Alberto survived an ambush that bore the marks of deliberate, premeditated targeting of law enforcement, while suspect David William Lane, 42, died by his own hand as deputies closed in. The incident surfaces the enduring tension between the warning signs communities observe and the legal thresholds that m
Dashcam footage shows deputies' pursuit of suspect who attacked officer with incendiary ammo
Police officer Giordano Alberto was injured by incendiary ammunition fire; suspect David William Lane died by self-inflicted gunshot wound during the pursuit.
Crime & Justice