A deputy trying to arrest a suspect in a South Carolina home was ambushed, shot and killed early Tuesday while a second officer was wounded, authorities said. The suspect in the shooting was also shot and killed,

The shooting happened after an “ altercation between acquaintances ,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Cameron Pearson, a 20-year-old Sumter County resident, died from the injuries he suffered from an apparent gunshot wound, Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker said Wednesday.

"Today, we mourn the loss of one of our own, Deputy Devin Mason," the Darlington County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.