Good Guy with a Gun #21: Richland County, SC

Original incident: November 26, 2023. When the piece of paper didn't protect her against an abuser, her firearm did.

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Richland County is home to Columbia, South Carolina’s state capitol, and is in the geographic center of the state. This story appears to come from one of its suburbs, a little north of the Columbia city center.

Around 4 PM on a Sunday, a woman pulled into her own driveway in Richland County. The man tailing her was 41-year-old Antwan Ashley.

There was an active order of protection against him because of a history of domestic violence.

When they got out of their cars, he got aggressive and tried to hit her. Luckily, she was armed; she shot him, and Ashley died at the scene.

By the next day, Sheriff Leon Lott had completed his investigation and ruled the shooting justified.

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