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Yesterday at 3:50 PM  Authorities say a Spartanburg homeowner shot and killed an alleged intruder using a gun he grabbed from one of the two would-be robbers.

Yesterday at 11:50 AM  A convicted felon who shot and killed two men he said were trying to rob his Spartanburg apartment has been sentenced to prison.

Yesterday at 11:25 AM  North Charleston police say a couple has died in a murder-suicide shooting.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  State Law Enforcement Division agents are investigating a deadly shooting involving a West Columbia police officer.

Friday, June 14, 2013  A second Spartanburg man has been sentenced in what authorities have called a plot to randomly shoot at and kill people.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  An 18-year-old was taken to a local hospital after being shot Tuesday, according to Richland County deputies.

Monday, June 10, 2013  A Pickens County woman charged with killing her two children and injuring her husband has temporarily been transferred to a different jail to get treatment for her own injuries.

Monday, June 10, 2013  A shooting in downtown Columbia leaves two men in the hospital.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Anderson County Sheriff's deputies have charged a woman with six counts of mistreatment of animals after they found several dead cows in a barn.

Friday, June 07, 2013  A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for a shooting death in the parking lot of a Waffle House restaurant in Spartanburg.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Three suspected burglars are in jail after a woman shot at them when they broke into her house.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  According to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, at about 11:30 Saturday night Michael Vann shot and killed Cedric L. Blackwell, 23, shooting him multiple times in the upper body. Lott said the two had an ongoing feud, and had been fighting earlier in the day.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Sheriff Jim Matthews says a homeowner in Elgin scared away three burglars by firing a pistol in their direction.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013 

Monday, June 03, 2013  Statistics show almost two-thirds of all gun deaths in South Carolina are suicides.