FORMER PICKENS COUNTY DETENTION OFFICER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

A former detention officer identified as Joshua Bradford, was arrested Monday and charged with Attempted Murder and Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime after a shooting in Pickens County left a woman injured. The incident occurred around 6:45 am Friday morning at a home on Honey Lane in Liberty. The female victim, who was shot multiple times, is in the ICU and will require multiple surgeries. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is handling the investigation due to a potential conflict of interest, as Bradford was a former detention officer at the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.