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SLED Issues Blue Alert After Shooting, Suspect Now in Custody
Authorities said the suspect was armed and dangerous after a Springfield police officer was seriously injured in a shooting.
- Authorities captured 37-year-old Lacey Nicole Cushman late Monday after the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division issued a statewide Blue Alert following a shooting that injured a Springfield Police Department officer in Blackville.
- The Town of Springfield confirmed its police chief, Adam Evans, was shot during the incident. "He is in stable condition at home now," the town wrote in an email regarding the officer attacked in Barnwell County.
- Before her arrest, officials described Cushman as a white female, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing around 200 pounds. She was last seen driving a 2011 white Chevrolet Traverse with South Carolina license plate 7061RU.
- SLED activated the Blue Alert program, established in 2012, to notify the public when a suspect is accused of seriously injuring a law enforcement officer. The program aims to prevent suspects from fleeing.
- Blackville, the site of the shooting, sits about 50 miles south of Columbia, the state capital. Authorities have not yet released specific charges against Cushman or details regarding the circumstances of the Monday night incident.
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‘Armed and dangerous’ South Carolina woman captured after officer injured in shooting prompting late night phone alerts
Lacey Cushman, 37, was taken into custody just before midnight after the The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division issued a Blue Alert following a shooting that injured a Springfield Police Officer in rural Barnwell County.
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