UPDATE: Police report from North Charleston shootout

North Charleston police said that an armed man who tried to rob a home on Ranger Drive on Thursday was killed during a shootout with the tenant. The coroner says the suspect was 25-year-old Demario Brown from Johns Island.

Police said officers responded to the scene after a call about shots being fired.

Police say Brown, who was armed, forced two women into the home to rob them. Police say a tenant who was already inside the house, had a gun and shot Brown.  Brown also fired back hitting Timothy King.  King was transported to MUSC. Police say he had non-life threatening injuries.  Brown died at the scene.

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