Sheriff says there is need for women to get concealed weapons permits

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WEBVTT LOSE A LOT IF TRADE TENSIONS DON’T EASE. THEY WEIGHED HEAVILY ON THE DOW TODAY. >> A SHERIFF PRAISES A HOMEOWNERS PREPAREDNESS TO PROTECT HERSELF AGAINST AN ESCAPED INMATE. >> OFFICIALS SAY TIMOTHY DILL AND BRUCE MCLAUGHIN JUNIOR ESCAPED THIS MORNING FROM THE PICKENS COUNTY JAIL. DILL WAS TAKEN BACK INTO CUSTODY. BUT THE SHERIFF SAYS MCLAUGHIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A HOMEOWNER, AFTER BREAKING INTO A HOME. >> WYFF’S NOLAN BLAIR HAS MORE ON HOW THIS ESCAPE HAPPENED. >> CAROL AND GABBY. THE INMATES INJURED AND OVERTOOK TWO DETENTION OFFICERS ON THEIR WAY OUT OF THE PICKENS COUNTY PRISON. THIS ALL TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING AROUND 2:30 AND 3:00. SHERIFF RICK CLARK ADMITS THIS PRISON THAT WAS BUILT IN 1967 DOESN’T HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES. WHICH IS WHY HE’S HAPPY A NEW FACILITY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. THAT FACILITY WILL HOUSE THE PRISON AND BE MORE PREPARED TO HANDLE ESCAPE PLANS LIKE THIS ONE THIS MORNING. >> MORE PEOPLE IN IT IS ONLY THAT CAN REST TO AID. WHEN WE OPEN UP IN APRIL OR MAY, THINGS LIKE THIS SHOULD GO INTO THE WEEK. >> SHERIFF CLARK SAYS AFTER THIS ESCAPE, AWARENESS AND RESOURCES WILL LIKELY BE HEIGHTENED INSIDE THIS PRISON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. REPO

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A woman shot and killed an escaped inmate when he kicked in her back door and she found him outside her bedroom door, according to Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark. Clark said two inmates, Bruce Webb McLaughlin Jr., 30, and Timothy Cleveland Dill, 32, assaulted two detention officers, a man and a woman, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, overtook the detention area and then escaped the Pickens County Prison. (Video above shows the full news conference from Clark)Clark said it was a planned escaped that may have been in the making for days or even weeks. Arrest warrants say McLaughlin and Dill assaulted the prison officers, took the keys from them and locked them in secure area. The inmates then escaped the facility and climbed over the fence, the warrants say.He said Dill was located and taken into custody just before 3 a.m. on Concord Church Road. Dill has two prior convictions for simple larceny, one conviction of second-degree burglary and one violation of probation conviction, according to Clark. Clark said Dill was currently incarcerated for a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.Clark said the woman whose home was broken into called 911 just after 3 a.m. and said she had shot a man who kicked in her back door. The woman was home alone and said the man was outside her bedroom door when she shot him once in the head, according to Clark. Clark said McLaughlin, who was wearing in an orange jumpsuit, was armed with a metal knife at the time. McLaughlin was flown to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was serving time for first-degree burglary and grand larceny. McLaughlin had a long criminal history of mostly petty crimes, although he was convicted of assaulting an officer in 2007. Click here to see his prior convictions. Clark said other inmates in the prison gave aid to the injured detention officers.The homeowner who shot the inmate was not injured, Clark said. He said the woman has a concealed weapons permit, which saved her life. Clark spoke passionately what he says is a need for people, especially woman, to get a concealed weapons permit. “This is the shining example of what this lady did. She took the time to get her CWP and set herself up to be able to protect herself and not be harmed, killed or raped or whatever,” Clark said. “She came out on the good on this end and the bad guy didn’t.”(Listen to more of his comments below.)Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said Dill is being held without bond on charges of escape, strong-arm robbery, malicious injury to the jail and two counts each of kidnapping and first-degree assault and battery.