A man drowned after fleeing from deputies and jumping into a lake — but they were there to serve an arrest warrant to somebody else

• A South Carolina man fled from deputies when they arrived at his home on Sunday, police said.
• He ran away and jumped into a nearby lake, where he drowned, they said.

When Greenville County deputies arrived at a house on Sunday to serve a warrant, a 38-year-old man inside started to run.

He fled the South Carolina property and jumped into a nearby lake, where he drowned, police said.

But deputies said the arrest warrant wasn't even meant for him. They were there to serve a warrant to a different person who had failed to appear in court.

In a Facebook post, the Greenville County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrived at a house in Greer, South Carolina, on Sunday afternoon and that Chuck Gilbert Shelton "ran from the residence for unknown reasons."

While fleeing, Shelton jumped into Lake Cunningham, where he swam a short distance before going underwater and didn't resurface, the Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies jumped into the lake to try to locate him, but were unable to do so, it said.

The Sheriff's Office later sent a dive team, which found his body.

According to NBC News affiliate station WYFF, the coroner's office said that Shelton died from accidental freshwater drowning.

According to Shelton's girlfriend, Sidney McIntyre, police deputies were there to serve "a girl" that lived at the same property.

Shelton's family is now fundraising for a burial, with his girlfriend's sister noting on a GoFundMe page that they lacked insurance and that his death was "very unexpected."

So far, $165 of the $3,000 target has been raised.