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South Carolina: Escaped Inmate Breaks Into The Wrong Woman’s House

 

 

FOX: South Carolina woman kills escaped jail inmate who kicked down her door, sheriff says.

Hours after he and another inmate escaped jail after beating up a security guard, a South Carolina inmate was fatally shot after he broke into a woman’s house, officials said.

Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30, was shot in the head by the woman after he kicked in her back door on Tuesday, according to Pickens County authorities.

After he entered the home, McLaughlin grabbed a knife sharpening tool from the kitchen and headed toward the woman’s bedroom around 3 a.m. Sheriff Rick Clark said the woman was home alone and had undergone concealed weapons training at some point prior to the incident.

“This was a big guy. If she hadn’t had a weapon there’s no telling what would have happened,” the sheriff said. “I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her.”  MORE

 

 

19 Comments on South Carolina: Escaped Inmate Breaks Into The Wrong Woman’s House

  1. …a nut shot would have been more entertaining, but harder to explain to the jury and possibly survivable. Tough to get on a rapidly advancing target, though, maybe a bit too “tricky” for a 3 AM wake up call. Still, post pictures of the aftermath in the local lockup, including autopsy photos, as a warning to the rest of the peanut gallery…

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  2. Fortunately for her the guy was white. If he had been one of the chosen peoples the she would have been arrested for wrongfully killing an honor student that was lost in her house.

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  3. …would have ended a bit differently if it had been Illinois or California, nicht wahr?

    I beg to differ with you sir. The only possible difference might be a double tap center mass and then the head shot.

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  4. Clark said the incident was “a shining example” of why owning and knowing how to properly use a gun is important.

    The lesson every parent, grandparent, brother’sister, friend, and boyfriend/girlfriend ought to be sharing about this story. Also if you’re concerned about your aim in your bedroom, hang a shotgun then shoot center mass.

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  5. “This was a big guy. If she hadn’t had a weapon there’s no telling what would have happened,” the sheriff said. “I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her.”

    I love this Sheriff!

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    From Anymouse: “I beg to differ with you sir. The only possible difference might be a double tap center mass and then the head shot.”

    Now you’re just showing off. Then again, if you can do it, it ain’t braggin’.

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  6. Here in Nolackaloonies, MT, she might well have been charged with deliberate homicide by our apparently eternal (d) county attorney. Yeah, Yeah, I know. The act doesn’t fit ANY deliberate homicide statute anywhere. But that doesn’t seem to matter to our country attorney.

    Sadly, no one runs against him. Maybe the salary is too low…

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