TheCount.com has learned the sad news that a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy has died Wednesday after a man accused of assaulting his wife “ambushed” and shot him and three other officers, officials said.

York County Detective Michael Doty died Wednesday after he was shot by 47-year-old Christian Thomas McCall during an hours-long manhunt Tuesday morning.

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“It is with a heavy heart & great sadness that York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson announces the passing of Detective Michael R. Doty,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook. Doty spent 12 years working in law enforcement.

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