woman shoots jail escapee who kicked in door

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M-Quigley
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woman shoots jail escapee who kicked in door

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An inmate who had escaped minutes earlier from a county jail in South Carolina was shot and killed by a woman after he kicked in her back door, the local sheriff said.

The inmate was still in his orange jail jumpsuit and had grabbed a knife sharpening tool from the woman's kitchen in Pickens as he headed toward her bedroom around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said.

"This was a big guy. If she hadn't had a weapon there's no telling what would have happened," Clark said. "I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her."

The woman was home alone and had gone through training to get a concealed weapons permit, Clark said.

Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30, died from a gunshot to the head, Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said.
It's nice that she had a concealed weapons permit but she shouldn't have needed one anyway in her own home. (unless SC has different laws than most states)
Brian D.
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Re: woman shoots jail escapee who kicked in door

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Don't know about needing a license for inside your own home down there. But, South Carolina did/does require a licensee to ask permission to carry in someone else's home, which is weird.
Quit worrying, hide your gun well, shut up, and CARRY that handgun!

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