A South Carolina councilman, Brian Jackson, fired multiple shots inside his home during a mental health crisis on April 22, 2026. According to an incident report, Jackson told deputies he fired seven rounds at a man and his family he believed were showering inside his home.

Mental Health Crisis

Deputies found Jackson holding a freshly fired gun and discovered that he had emptied three firearms at multiple figments of his own imagination. Jackson was transported to a mental health facility, believed to be Three Rivers Behavioral Health in Lugoff, S.C.

Records obtained indicate that April 22 was neither the beginning nor the end of a story that town officials appear to have gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal. On April 21, less than 24 hours before Jackson opened fire inside his own home, an incident report filed by the South Congaree Police Department confirmed approximately six law enforcement officers were deployed to the same address for a welfare check.

It was purportedly relayed to authorities that Jackson was hallucinating and possibly armed and was threatening to shoot people in and around his home. The town administrator, Crystal Bouknight, allegedly asked then-police chief Carl Quinlan to fabricate a story that Jackson stated he was going to kill himself so Quinlan could take action and involuntarily commit him.

Investigation and Aftermath

Quinlan refused to lie, and the matter was not kept from the rest of the council. The incident report noted that Jackson passed a series of accepted and widely used cognitive tests administered by Quinlan himself. The report further stated Jackson denied medical attention.

Not even seven days after shooting up his own home and being admitted to Three Rivers Behavioral Health, Jackson was involved in another incident with law enforcement. Despite these incidents, Jackson remains in office and armed.

Original reporting: FITSNews — read the source article.