South Carolina Police Confront and Fatally Shoot Double Homicide Suspect Armed with Showerhead
South Carolina Officers Fatally Shoot Double Homicide Suspect Mistakenly Holding Showerhead Incident Summary In a tragic turn of events in South Carolina, police officers fatally shot a man who had brutally murdered his mother and girlfriend and was later found holding a chrome showerhead, which officers mistook for a firearm. This incident was detailed in a recent police department evidence presentation. Background and Timeline Gary Pratt Whitten, who was out on bail and under electronic monitoring with strict orders to avoid his girlfriend’s residence due to a prior gun-related incident, committed the murders on January 17. Despite the monitoring data indicating Whitten’s prolonged presence at the crime scene, the monitoring company failed to notify authorities until he removed his ankle