A man is dead and two women are recovering from gunshot wounds after a SWAT situation Tuesday night at a home in Spartanburg County.Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said Darryl Jones, 52, committed suicide during the hours-long incident.Lt. Kevin Bobo said deputies were called about 8 p.m. to a home on Old Furnace Road near Boiling Springs, which is Jones' home, according to the Clevenger.Deputies were flagged down by three children in the year who were quickly removed to a safe place, Bobo said.While investigators were questioning the children, a woman with a gunshot wound walked out on the front porch, Bobo said.Deputies were able to get to her and she was taken to Spartanburg Regional Health Center by ambulance, according to Bobo.The woman told deputies that a gunman was inside the house with another woman who had also been shot.SWAT and a crisis negotiation team went to the scene.After what Bobo called a lengthy negotiation attempt with no response from Jones, deputies forced their way into house, using tear gas and flash-bang grenades.Deputies found the body of Jones and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds inside the house, Bobo said.Jones was pronounced dead, but the woman was taken to the hospital.There was no word on either woman's conditions, Bobo said.He said a preliminary investigation shows the man shot himself and the two women, then took his own life.

A man is dead and two women are recovering from gunshot wounds after a SWAT situation Tuesday night at a home in Spartanburg County.

Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said Darryl Jones, 52, committed suicide during the hours-long incident.


Lt. Kevin Bobo said deputies were called about 8 p.m. to a home on Old Furnace Road near Boiling Springs, which is Jones' home, according to the Clevenger.

Deputies were flagged down by three children in the year who were quickly removed to a safe place, Bobo said.

While investigators were questioning the children, a woman with a gunshot wound walked out on the front porch, Bobo said.

Deputies were able to get to her and she was taken to Spartanburg Regional Health Center by ambulance, according to Bobo.

The woman told deputies that a gunman was inside the house with another woman who had also been shot.

SWAT and a crisis negotiation team went to the scene.

After what Bobo called a lengthy negotiation attempt with no response from Jones, deputies forced their way into house, using tear gas and flash-bang grenades.

Deputies found the body of Jones and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds inside the house, Bobo said.

Jones was pronounced dead, but the woman was taken to the hospital.

There was no word on either woman's conditions, Bobo said.

He said a preliminary investigation shows the man shot himself and the two women, then took his own life.



