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Police have released the name of the officer involved in that deadly shooting earlier this week in Greenville.

Greenville police say Officer David Johnson shot and killed Sean Rambert while the man was trying to break into a townhome on Brooksville Drive.

Johnson has been with the Greenville Police Department for the past 18 months.

Officials say Johnson has been placed on administrative assignment pending the outcome of the investigation which is standard protocol for any officer-involved shooting.

The SBI continues to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

Source: WITN