Thomas Dushaune Little Jr. (Source: Bennettsville Police)BENNETTSVILLE, SC (WMBF) – A North Carolina man is behind bars
after firing shots at a man in Bennettsville Thursday afternoon and then
running from police while in handcuffs.
Lt. Larry Turner, spokesman for Bennettsville
Police Department, tells WMBF News that 18-year-old Thomas Dushaune Little Jr.
of Hamlet, NC was taken into custody for questioning in connection with a
shooting on Alpine Street Thursday afternoon.
Turner explains that a man was
shot at a home on the 100 block of Alpine Street around 2 p.m., the same home
where Little was staying with a juvenile.
Bennettsville Police responded
to that shooting to find a male victim that had been shot with a BB gun.
Little was transported to the
police station, where authorities determined he was responsible for the man's
injuries, and would be charged with attempted murder and providing false
information for lying about who he was and where he lived.
Around 3 p.m., when Little was preparing
for transport to the Marlboro County Detention Center, he fled on foot from the
squad car.
Lt. Turner assures that Little
was restrained in handcuffs behind his back at the time. Using K9 tracking
units, officers were able to locate him a block and a half away from the squad car behind the
police state within an hour of his escape.
Lt. Turner comments that the
motivation behind the shooting did not appear to be premeditated, that it may
have been a random shooting.
Now that Little is back in
custody, he is charged with attempted murder, providing false information
and escape.
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