This is a developing story:
Sources say Sr. Deputy Ben Fields to be fired for the way he handled classroom incident Monday at Spring Valley high school.
— Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) October 28, 2015
BREAKING: S.C. deputy seen flipping student in classroom will be relieved of duty: sources https://t.co/mfHqQoTbxZ pic.twitter.com/hx8LDnZ0xv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 28, 2015
Ben Fields will be fired today because of
#AssaultAtSpringValley, MSNBC reporting.— britni danielle (@BritniDWrites) October 28, 2015
Sources: Sheriff to Announce South Carolina Deputy Ben Fields to Be Fired https://t.co/o5ABBVnHMp pic.twitter.com/Ekq5zCItqo
— NBC BLK (@NBCBLK) October 28, 2015
Update 10:19: NBC reports the news conference to announce the firing will be held at noon:
South Carolina authorities will announce Wednesday that Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields, the school resource officer who was caught on camera violently flipping a high school student in her classroom, will be relieved of duty, sources told NBC News.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is set to hold a news conference at noon to talk about the internal investigation over the Monday incident at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
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