The Spartanburg County Coroner's office has identified the woman who died after an officer-involved shooting involving Spartanburg County deputies near the intersection of New Cut and John Dodd roads Thursday night.

Jennifer Mabry Robinson, 34, of Spartanburg, died at 9:06 p.m. Thursday at Spartanburg Medical Center, according to a statement from the Coroner's Office.

At about 7:46 p.m., deputies attempted to stop a woman in a dark sedan near the intersection of Highway 176 and John Dodd Road. She had expired tags, Sheriff Chuck Wright said at a 10:30 p.m. news conference. The car was possibly stolen, investigators later found out.

During an ensuing vehicle chase, Robinson began shooting at officers while driving down the road, Wright said.

A supervisor told the officers to ram the car, to take it off the road or “out of the fight,” Wright said, which happened around the intersection of New Cut and John Dodd roads.

A brief foot chase ensued. When confronted, Robinson first turned the gun on herself, and then pointed it at a deputy, Wright said.

As a deputy fired at her, Robinson shot herself.

EMS took her to Spartanburg Medical, where she later died, according to the statement from the Coroner's Office.

Wright said investigators weren’t yet sure whether she was dead by her own hand or from the deputy’s bullets.

“It appears she took her own life,” Wright said. “We think we actually hit her. We’ll let SLED let you know how that transpired.”

Three deputies were on scene. One fired, Wright said. Investigators later found out the gun Robinson used had been reported stolen out of the Spartanburg area.

Wright would not release the names of the deputies involved in the shooting. The deputies have been placed on leave pending a State Law Enforcement Investigation, which is standard procedure.

“The officers acted very appropriately,” Wright said.

This is the tenth officer-involved shooting in Spartanburg County so far this year. The last one happened Dec. 7.

Last year, there was one.

“I don’t know why this is happening,” Wright said. “We are doing basic police work, and people are escalating that. ... If you don’t shoot at us, we won’t shoot at you. ... This is stressful for the officers, too.”

No deputies were injured.

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