TRAGIC: Homeowner Holding Suspect At Gunpoint Is Shot And Killed

By Dan Zimmerman

WALHALLA, SC — Tyler Broome was something of a problem. The budding young felon had been caught trespassing on Robert McDowell’s property in northwest South Carolina before, as recently as last summer. Oconee County Sheriff’s spokesman Jimmy Watts says that Broome “had been served with a trespass notice from the same address on Quarter Horse Trail on June 21, 2017.”

That warning apparently didn’t make much of an impression on Mr. Broome. Early Wednesday morning, he was back at it again, prowling on the McDowell property which he undoubtedly saw as a good target for a burglary. It’s almost as if criminals don’t really worry about legal niceties like trespass notices, restraining orders or prohibited person laws.

Robert McDowell discovered Broome on his land and held him at gunpoint while his wife dialed 911.

While deputies were on their way to the home, they were told shots had been fired and the homeowner, later identified as 63-year-old Robert Steven McDowell, had been shot.

Deputies said McDowell’s wife took them to the back of the home, where they found McDowell. Deputies said they administered first aid on McDowell until paramedics arrived.

Broome had put one round in the property owner’s stomach. McDowell got off …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation