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Ballistics Match Confirms Death of Serial Killer

NC cops shot suspect after 5 slayings in SC county in 6 days

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(Newser) – The man shot to death by North Carolina police early today was the serial killer who had terrorized a rural South Carolina county, police say. Tests on his gun confirmed that it was the firearm used in the crime spree, which saw five people shot dead in less than a week, the Charlotte Observer reports. "We have him," says a South Carolina law-enforcement official. "He's our serial killer."

Reggie Lloyd, Director of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, talks with reporters today outside the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center in Gaffney, SC.
Reggie Lloyd, Director of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, talks with reporters today outside the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center in Gaffney, SC.   (AP Photo/Patrick Collard)
Reggie Lloyd, Director of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, talks with reporters this evening outside the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center in Gaffney, SC.
Reggie Lloyd, Director of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, talks with reporters this evening outside the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center in Gaffney, SC.   (AP Photo/Patrick Collard)
Image provided by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department shows a possible suspect in a series of murders in Cherokee County, SC. Officials said today the suspect was killed in North Carolina.
Image provided by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department shows a possible suspect in a series of murders in Cherokee County, SC. Officials said today the suspect was killed in North Carolina.   (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)
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Snarfeh
Jul 6, 09 7:02 PM CDT
You go, Law Enforcement Tarheels! Reply
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riffran
Jul 6, 09 8:33 PM CDT
justice served and carried out.....way to go TARHEELS...saved a lot of taxes Reply
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Reader64481089
Jul 6, 09 10:07 PM CDT
Court adjourned, no appeals no insanity please your dead, end of story, great job and hope the wounded cop recovers quickly and all is well for him Reply
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