CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - An off-duty deputy was reportedly killed Friday evening in an ATV wreck. According to Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler, Brandon Tyler Parker, 28, of Gaffney, was driving an ATV on Pondfield Road near Gaffney when he lost control of the ATV and went off the right side of the road before going airborne and hitting several trees. Parker was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the ATV on impact, Fowler said. Photograph taken on Friday, October 25, 2024, around 1:45 pm while Deputy Brandon Parker was speaking to a group of students at Ola Copeland Community Learning Center in Gaffney. (Cherokee County Sheriff's Office) The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said Deputy Parker first started his career at the CherokeeSheriff’s Office in June of 2018 and left for another agency in September 2019. He then returned to employment on October 6, 2022, with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and was assigned to the Uniform Patrol Division as a canine handler with K-9 Kilo. "We ask our community to please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers along with the men and women at the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office," Sheriff Steve Mueller said. "Our men and women will continue to serve this community just as Deputy Brandon Parker did every day embracing our core values of honesty, dedication, professionalism, excellence and above all with integrity."