Accidental self-inflicted shooting during employee altercat…

Shooting Sumter South Carolina in Sumter, South Carolina: A dispute between two employees at a Pilgrim's Pride facility in Sumter County, South Carolina, resulted in an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 22, 2026, around 2 p.m. When deputies arrived, they found one individual who had been in a disagreement with another suffering from the self-inflicted wound. The Sumter County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident, which occurred in the parking lot outside the facility and did not impact operations. A Pilgrim's Pride spokesperson said the injury was non-life-threatening.