PC Sheriff’s Office continues investigation into shooting of Easley Woman

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office continues to look for answers into the unexplained shooting of an Easley resident on Wednesday afternoon on Robert P. Jeanes Road. Deputies responded to the report of a shooting around noon at which time they located a 45-year-old female resident that had suffered injuries from shotguns pellets fired at her as she stood on her front porch. The victim said that a neighbor that lived across the street shot her. There were no previous interactions or communications between the two that have been discovered by detectives at this stage into the investigation. The incident lead to a three and half hour standoff with 59-year-old Calvin Joseph Benton, Jr. At 3:38pm, deputies gained entry into the barricaded home and located Benton Jr. deceased in the front room of residence. No one else was inside the residence.