ESCAPED INMATE SHOT DEAD AFTER HOUSE BREAK-IN

An inmate who escaped from a South Carolina jail was shot and killed by a woman after he kicked open the backdoor of her home.

Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said the inmate was one of two prisoners who beat up two guards early Tuesday morning in a planned escape from the county jail.

Clark said the woman who killed the inmate has a concealed-weapons permit and was home alone.

The sheriff said she shot him once in the head near her bedroom around 3 a.m. about 20 minutes after the escape.

Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the inmate as Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30. The second inmate, Timothy Dill, was captured nearby.