Officer who shot homeowner in June linked to 2017 shooting

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — An officer who shot and wounded a South Carolina homeowner through a window also was among several officers who shot and killed a man two years ago.

Greenville County deputy Kevin Azzara and the other officers were cleared in the 2017 shooting of a man holding a pellet gun outside his home after an argument with his estranged wife.

Azzara’s shooting of Dick Tench in June in Simpsonville is still under investigation.

The Greenville News got Azzara’s name from a letter sent by Greenville County prosecutors asking the state Attorney General’s Office to review the latest investigation into Azzara. Officials had been refusing to release the deputy’s name.

Azzara was investigating a medical alert call at a Simpsonville home on June 14 when Tench was shot in his foyer.