That's a new one. Where to start? People shouldn't steel. And he *could have been* the sharpest knife in the drawer, but oh no.
Maybe he thought the Force was with him?
Posted on 12/04/2018 3:48:32 PM PST by Innovative
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."
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Really in MA or NY, they’d have arrested her.
Grab a weapon, and break in - felony.
Break in and grab a weapon - misdemeanor.
Shows he learned something in prison.
She chose not to be a victim.
Can’t imagine how horrible this story would have ended if she didn’t have a firearm.
That's a new one. Where to start? People shouldn't steel. And he *could have been* the sharpest knife in the drawer, but oh no.
Maybe he thought the Force was with him?
[”This was a big guy. If she hadn’t had a weapon there’s no telling what would have happened,”]
She would have been raped, murdered and then robbed after she was dead.
DNA evidence would have been collected and you’d be looking for your escapee for this crime too, after matching his DNA from the database on prisoners.
That’s what would have happened.
+1
I’m asick puppy....I grined then started laughing as I read a story with a happy ending....God bless her...
GREAT SHERIFF ALSO!
Head shot.
It may well be very uncomfortable for you if I have to change your mind for you.
I’m too lazy to open the article but if he was a lifer she just saved us 1.5 million dollars, figuring 30k a year and living until 80.
Yep. He chose poorly.
Feel good story of the day.
The deceased is white. I propose we go out and riot, loot, and steal.
I just don’t understand criminal mentality. If I just escaped from prison I’d want to lay low and be thinking about creating a fake identity, sneaking into a country with no extradition treaty with the US, or myriad other things. I wouldn’t be kicking down doors knowing law enforcement was looking for me.
Terrific Sheriff, too!
Really though - a misdemeanor to break in someone’s home!? So the headlines, if he had not been armed would have been “The woman shot the man, even though he was only just committing a misdemeanor.”
Oh no, I don’t disagree. I’m glad she put that guy away for good. It’s just nice to read where you can be attacked in your home in the US and are commended for putting the invader down whereas in the UK you can be arrested for harm or death. Same too in Australia.
He must have been feeling a little edgy but not too sharp.
Finally real gun control she hit the bullseye. Good going girl you rock. More shots like this and we’ll have less crime.
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