Sheriff: Woman Kills Jail Escapee Who Kicks in Her Door

Sheriff: Woman Kills Jail Escapee Who Kicks in Her Door
Bruce McLaughlin Jr escaped from a South Carolina jail on Dec. 4, 2018, was shot and killed by a woman after he kicked open the backdoor of her home. Pickens County Sheriff’s Office via AP
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—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. on Dec. 4, Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said.