A quick-thinking South Carolina woman shot and killed an inmate who broke into her house after escaping from a county jail, police said.
The escapee, Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30, died from a gunshot wound to the head early Tuesday when the unidentified homeowner blasted him, Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said at a press conference Tuesday.
After busting into the woman’s home, McLaughlin Jr. — still wearing his orange jail jumpsuit — grabbed a knife-sharpening tool from the kitchen and headed toward the woman’s bedroom around 3 a.m., police said.
“This was a big guy,” Clark said. “If she hadn’t had a weapon, there’s no telling what would have happened.”
Clark praised the woman for her actions.
“I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her,” he said, noting that the woman was home alone and had a concealed weapons permit.
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