An off-duty Connecticut police officer died Sunday after he was reportedly assaulted in a popular South Carolina bar.
Sgt. Matthew Mainieri, 41, a decorated 20-year member of the South Windsor Police Department, died Sunday afternoon after he tried to break up a fight at Uncle Tito’s in Murrells Inlet, Fox 61 Connecticut reports.
He suffered head injuries during the altercation and was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon, the station reported.
Kelton Jess Todd, 21, of Aynor, S.C., was charged with assaulting Mainieri by deputies with the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office but officials say that additional charges are pending.