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PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. ?
A woman shot and killed an escaped inmate when he kicked in her back door and she found him outside her bedroom door, according to Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark.
Clark said two inmates, Bruce Webb McLaughlin Jr., 30, and Timothy Cleveland Dill, 32, assaulted two detention officers, a man and a woman, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, overtook the detention area and then escaped the Pickens County Prison.
(Video above shows the full news conference from Clark)
Clark said it was a planned escaped that may have been in the making for days or even weeks. Arrest warrants say McLaughlin and Dill assaulted the prison officers, took the keys from them and locked them in secure area. The inmates then escaped the facility and climbed over the fence, the warrants say.
He said Dill was located and taken into custody just before 3 a.m. on Concord Church Road.
Dill has two prior convictions for simple larceny, one conviction of second-degree burglary and one violation of probation conviction, according to Clark.
Clark said Dill was currently incarcerated for a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
Clark said the woman whose home was broken into called 911 just after 3 a.m. and said she had shot a man who kicked in her back door.
The woman was home alone and said the man was outside her bedroom door when she shot him once in the head, according to Clark.
Clark said McLaughlin, who was wearing in an orange jumpsuit, was armed with a metal knife at the time.
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Bruce McLaughlin Jr.
McLaughlin was flown to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He was serving time for first-degree burglary and grand larceny.
McLaughlin had a long criminal history of mostly petty crimes, although he was convicted of assaulting an officer in 2007. Click here to see his prior convictions.
Clark said other inmates in the prison gave aid to the injured detention officers.
The homeowner who shot the inmate was not injured, Clark said.
He said the woman has a concealed weapons permit, which saved her life.
Clark spoke passionately what he says is a need for people, especially woman, to get a concealed weapons permit.
?This is the shining example of what this lady did. She took the time to get her CWP and set herself up to be able to protect herself and not be harmed, killed or raped or whatever,? Clark said. ?She came out on the good on this end and the bad guy didn?t.?
(Listen to more of his comments below.)
PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. ?
A woman shot and killed an escaped inmate when he kicked in her back door and she found him outside her bedroom door, according to Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark.
Clark said two inmates, Bruce Webb McLaughlin Jr., 30, and Timothy Cleveland Dill, 32, assaulted two detention officers, a man and a woman, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, overtook the detention area and then escaped the Pickens County Prison.
(Video above shows the full news conference from Clark)
Clark said it was a planned escaped that may have been in the making for days or even weeks. Arrest warrants say McLaughlin and Dill assaulted the prison officers, took the keys from them and locked them in secure area. The inmates then escaped the facility and climbed over the fence, the warrants say.
He said Dill was located and taken into custody just before 3 a.m. on Concord Church Road.
Dill has two prior convictions for simple larceny, one conviction of second-degree burglary and one violation of probation conviction, according to Clark.
Clark said Dill was currently incarcerated for a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
Clark said the woman whose home was broken into called 911 just after 3 a.m. and said she had shot a man who kicked in her back door.
The woman was home alone and said the man was outside her bedroom door when she shot him once in the head, according to Clark.
Clark said McLaughlin, who was wearing in an orange jumpsuit, was armed with a metal knife at the time.
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Bruce McLaughlin Jr.
McLaughlin was flown to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He was serving time for first-degree burglary and grand larceny.
McLaughlin had a long criminal history of mostly petty crimes, although he was convicted of assaulting an officer in 2007. Click here to see his prior convictions.
Clark said other inmates in the prison gave aid to the injured detention officers.
The homeowner who shot the inmate was not injured, Clark said.
He said the woman has a concealed weapons permit, which saved her life.
Clark spoke passionately what he says is a need for people, especially woman, to get a concealed weapons permit.
?This is the shining example of what this lady did. She took the time to get her CWP and set herself up to be able to protect herself and not be harmed, killed or raped or whatever,? Clark said. ?She came out on the good on this end and the bad guy didn?t.?
(Listen to more of his comments below.)
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My only quibble with this article is that the CWP did not "save her life"
A gun saved her life...along with the knowledge and skill to use it, and finally the courage to pull the trigger at the moment of truth.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
My only quibble with this article is that the CWP did not "save her life"
A gun saved her life...along with the knowledge and skill to use it, and finally the courage to pull the trigger at the moment of truth.
Spot on. The piece of paper did nothing, the decision to pull the trigger long predated the incident.0 -
She took the time to get her CWP and set herself up to be able to protect herself and not be harmed, killed or raped or whatever,? Clark said.
Believe the reference refers to her getting a CWP and a gun (sometime in the past) and this set her up to protect herself in case something bad happened,, and it did, being shot in the head is w/o a doubt bad.[:D]
Hope she doesn't have nightmares.[:p]0 -
While the CWP may have helped her it certainly isn't required for home protection in SC.
Most of the courses I have observed/heard about don't do any beginner training they expect you to come prepared to safely handle load/unload and shoot your firearm.
She sounded pretty prepared to me
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she should get a medal for solving the prison systems failures 0 -
Two thumbs up! 0 -
CWP range officers might have gotten her familiar with the firearm. 0 -
"One shot to the head."
Way to go Girl.
That's how you do it.
Bad Guys need to realize - you kick in someone's door, you get what you get. Needs to happen much more frequently. IMHO.0 -
Don't you just love a story with a happy ending!!![}:)][:D][}:)] 0 -
Don't you just love a story with a happy ending!!![}:)][:D][}:)] 0 -
Don't you just love a story with a happy ending!!![}:)][:D][}:)] 0 -
The state needs to write her a check for the money it will save 0 -
Looks like he picked the wrong door to kick in. 0 -
she should get a medal for solving the prison systems failures
Great Point!0
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