A Greenville officer is recovering after being shot with incendiary ammunition, which experts say may have saved his life, in a parking lot ambush.

Law enforcement says incendiary ammunition was used when a man fired shots at a police vehicle with an officer inside in ...

Surveillance video of the ambush of a Greenville police officer early Sunday morning shows the dramatic visual effects of incendiary ammunition, which investigators say the suspect used in the attack.

The suspect later died during a shootout with Greenville County deputies.

7NEWS is taking a closer look at the type of ammunition used in the ambush of a Greenville Police Department officer on Sunday.