Suspect who killed mother, girlfriend is fatally shot when he pointed a shower head at deputies
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0:41 - 911 call
3:56 - Intro #2
5:05 - Body cam 1
5:18 - Shooting 1
5:39 - Body cam 2
5:49 - Shooting 2
6:15 - Ending
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On Jan. 17, Kelli Kaughman Whitten, 56, of Anderson, and Anissa Kelley Henderson, 55, of Greenville, were found dead in a home on Millbrooke Circle after a fire in the home.
According to the coroner, both Whitten and Henderson were found with traumatic head and thermal injuries.
After the women were found, a person of interest was identified and tracked down by a license plate reader at a home in Spartanburg County.
According to Lt. Kevin Bobo with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, after several attempts to call out the person of interest, he exited his home and pulled out a firearm, resulting in an officer-involved shooting.
The person of interest was killed.
On Friday, the coroner identified the person of interest as Gary Whitten, 36, of Greer.
Coroner Mike Ellis, with the Greenville County Coroner's Office, said Whitten was the son of Kelli Kaughman Whitten, and he had a relationship with Henderson.
According to Ellis, Whitten had recently been arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence after a complaint by Henderson.
Lt. Ryan Flood, with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, said Whitten had spent the night with her on Wednesday despite being prohibited from doing so through a condition of his bond set by a judge stemming from an arrest on Dec. 23, 2023.
According to Sheriff Hobart Lewis with the GCSO, the shooting where eight deputies fired their weapons was ruled justified in the conclusion of a separate and internal investigation by the Office of Professional Standards.