Greenville resident shoots and kills suspected burglar, deputies say

Greenville County deputies are investigating the shooting of a reported burglar in a home at a gated community near Woodruff Road.

Deputies said they responded to an apartment within the Towns at Woodruff Crossing at approximately 8:10 a.m. Friday after a resident reported coming home to find someone in the house.

The resident fired at least one round and retreated outside to call and wait for law enforcement to respond, the Sheriff's Office said. Deputies arrived and searched the house, finding a suspected burglar in the master bedroom closet and deceased.

Greenville County Senior Deputy Coroner Kent Dill identified the man as Quentin Ramon Oliver, 34, of Central. His cause of death was ruled a gunshot wound to the chest. His estimated time of death was 8:25 a.m., according to the coroner's report.

Douglas Sweeney identified his niece as the resident who shot the intruder. He described her as "hysterical" after the shooting.

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He said his niece, who has not been identified by authorities, took her two children to school in the morning then returned to her apartment.

When she went inside, she noticed an "unusual smell, an odor, cologne or whatever" and felt like someone had gotten into her home, Sweeney said. She started looking around the house and opened a closet and "there he was," Sweeney said.

He said a property manager who'd been on the phone with his niece called 911.

The case is being investigated by the Greenville County Coroner's Office and the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.