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One man died and a police officer was shot after a shooting Monday night at the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center, according to police.For the latest on this investigation and two other homicides now connected to the shooter, click here.Interim Chief Mike Gambrell said a man armed with a shotgun fired at an officer and struck him three times before turning the gun on himself.Tuesday morning, Coroner Parks Evans identified the man who shot himself as 23-year-old Evan Casey Bennett.Pictures: Shooting at Greenville LECGambrell said the officer was seriously injured with wounds that required surgery overnight. He was shot three times, according to Gambrell, twice in the side, and once in the forearm, hand area."I encourage our citizens to pray for his well-being," Gambrell said. "Our hearts go out to him."Police said the injured officer has been with the department for five years.Gambrell said Bennett is also connected to a homicide that happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday on Augusta Court.The coroner identified the victim in that homicide as 58-year-old Gregory Thomas Jones, Bennett's stepfather.They both lived at the Augusta Street address where Jones was killed.Doors of LEC shot out before shooting in parking lotGambrell said that at about 10:20 p.m., a man, later identified as Bennett, went to the front door of the LEC and tried to enter. After discovering that the entrance was locked, Gambrell said Bennett fired multiple times at the front of the LEC, shattering the glass.The officers at the front desk were not injured, but immediately called for backup, Gambrell said.A police officer pulled up as Bennett was leaving the front area of the LEC and commanded him to put down his weapon, Gambrell said.Instead, Bennett fired at the officer and then shot himself, Gambrell said. According to investigators, the man was also armed with a 9 mm handgun."The officer fired one round back, and of course the officer was hit during that, and then it looks like the suspect suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Gambrell said.SLED has been called in to investigate because the shooting involved an officer, Gambrell said.