Blythewood, SC - Off-duty officer shot

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http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5704433

Richland County Sheriff's Deputy shot multiple times

(Columbia) November 19, 2006 - WIS has learned that an off-duty Richland County Sheriff's Deputy has been shot three times in Blythewood.

According to Lieutenant Chris Cowan of the Richland County Sheriff's Department, Corporal Larry Pain was shot on Langford Road in Blythewood.

Cowan says Cpl. Pain and a constable were riding ATV's in a Blythewood field while off duty when they came upon a man and a woman. After talking to the couple, Cpl. Pain and the constable learned they were operating a meth lab.

In the subsequent confrontation several shots were fired at Pain, who fired back. After Pain was hit the couple got into a car, wrecked, got out and ran away on foot.

Cpl. Pain was taken to Palmetto Health Richland, according to Cowan. His current status is unavailable.

A massive manhunt for the couple has been set up, encompassing a two-mile radius. Authorities are looking for a white female wearing a white jacket and blue jeans, around 30-40 years old, and a white male with long blonde hair wearing blue jeans and a camouflage jacket.

Authorities have also expressed a possibility that the two people have changed their clothes since the incident.

WIS will continue to post updates as they become available

 

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This is the sad state in which we live today. On another thread is a story of a secret service off duty officer shot breaking up a fight.In the county I live about a mo. ago a state trooper was shot by a meth head during a traffic stop he lives the shooter commited suicide. The point is that society is not and probobly never has been very kind. Fortunately it seems we are on the pendulum swing that bolsters the citizens rights to self defence. The meth epidemic has raised the stakes though and it seems to be a nation wide problem. There is no place that you are safe from it, the outdoors, the stores, resturants, as you drive in your car the posibility of running into one of these desperate SOBs is always close at hand and one needs to realize that they are very unpredictable and you should not be surprised but be prepared if they attempt to commit violence.