In the early morning hours of July 23, 2022, a disturbance at a residence on Allgood Bridge Road in Pickens, South Carolina, ended in the shooting death of 34-year-old Logan Nix. Nix, a male resident of Liberty, suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pickens County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to the home around 12:38 a.m. after receiving reports of an active altercation, followed by the sound of a possible gunshot.
Upon their arrival, an adult male exited the home and approached the deputies. He complied with their commands and was immediately taken into investigative detention.
Inside the residence, law enforcement discovered Logan Nix unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound. The preliminary investigation suggested that Nix and the other man had been involved in a physical altercation when the firearm was discharged.
The man who was detained alleged that he acted in self-defense. At the time of the initial reports in the days following the incident, no arrests had been made as the Pickens County Sheriff's Office was continuing to investigate the claim of self-defense. Authorities stated their intention to collect and analyze evidence and compare it with witness statements before making a determination on charges. There is no publicly available information from online sources regarding the final outcome of the investigation or whether any charges were ultimately filed in the death of Logan Nix.
