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Florence County deputies charged Marcus Dre'Quan Bolton with attempted murder after shots were fired at a Timmonsville officer.
The Florence County Sheriff's Office said Bolton, 27, of Timmonsville, is accused of firing multiple rounds at a Timmonsville police officer while fleeing the scene of multiple shootings. Its SWAT team took him into custody after a short standoff at a home on Laurel Lane in Florence on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. The officer was not hurt.
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The sheriff's office says the gunfire at the officer came while Bolton was fleeing the scene of multiple shootings. It has not said where those shootings happened or whether anyone was hit. He is waiting for a bond hearing. A charge is not a conviction.
Marcus Dre'Quan Bolton, 27, of Timmonsville, South Carolina, was arrested Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, and charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, felon in possession of a firearm, and breach of peace of a high and aggravated nature, the Florence County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. WBTW and WPDE reported the same charges. The sheriff's office inmate record lists a booking time of 1:59 a.m. on Oct. 24.
According to investigators, Bolton is alleged to have fired multiple rounds at a Timmonsville police officer while fleeing the scene of multiple shootings, the sheriff's office said. The Timmonsville officer was not injured.
The sheriff's office said Bolton fled and was found at a residence on Laurel Lane in Florence, where its SWAT team took him into custody after a short standoff. WPDE's earlier report described deputies responding to a reported barricade on Laurel Circle off TV Road. The sheriff's office release says Laurel Lane. WBTW reported authorities did not provide details about the shootings Bolton was allegedly fleeing, including where they happened or whether anyone was hurt.
Timmonsville Police Chief Preston Ford credited his department, the Florence County Sheriff's Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol with the quick arrest, WBTW reported. He also said his department needs more officers. "While additional officers on duty may not have prevented what happened, they could have responded immediately in addition to the Sheriff's Office to support the officer and help locate the vehicle," Ford said, according to WBTW.
Bolton is being held at the Florence County Detention Center while he waits for a bond hearing, the sheriff's office said. The felon-in-possession count rests on a prior conviction that the release did not describe. The charges are accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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