instead of returning fire and possibly injuring innocent bystanders, bagby says waited on backup. breeland did take off into the captured. deputy bagby has earned several awards of honor and valor over his law enforcement career and military service as a sniper in the marine corps. as for suspect arkeem breeland, he has been charged in the past with shooting into cars and homes and is not supposed to have a weapon. after the break--with just one week until the iowa caucuses, it's crunch time as the democrats are get ready for their final town hall. plus--panthers fans will have to dig deep into the bank if they want to make the trip out west for super bowl 50. break 2 one suspect is locked up after a 30 mile weekend chase through rasheed sumpter for erratic saturday and he took off. sheriff jim matthews says sumpter drove into two yards damaging personal property, hitting a parked car and a patrol car, eventually crashing in lee county. sumpter was out on bond for burglary charges. "oh, i think the system is totally broken. we do our job but once it's out of our hands they get out

this was a close call for deputy bagby. >> that's right. officials say the suspect, arkeem breeland, fired at least seven shots at deputy bagby saturday night. sheriff leon lott said the incident started on friday. when breeland's parents filed a report against him, claiming he was threatening them. deputy bagby explains how things escalated to shots being fired on saturday. >> you never get used to being shot at. >> richland county deputy bagby recounts being called to a domestic disturbance call. >> we were just around the corner. it is a small cul-de-sac full of houses. as soon as we turned the corner he engaged us. responding to the call, he found suspect arkeem breeland outside his parents' home. before exiting his patrol car, breeland allegedly started shooting, firing at least seven shots, striking the windshield and wheel well. >> it was a shock, because, i mean, we knew from the dispatch he was possibly armed, trying to get into his parents' house. but i wasn't expecting to be standing in the driveway and engaging him. >> deputy ba

when deputy bagby showed up breeland started shooting. of course as a convicted felon he was not allowed to have a gun. sheriff lott says at least 7 rounds -- three of which hit this car. one in the windshield, one grazed this side and another in the wheel well. vo - deputy bagby was alone when he says he chose not to return fire because homes were in the way and he did want to hurt any innocent bystanders. he backed up and waited for other deputies to arrive. sheriff lott says his deputy made right call in a split second. sot sheriff "to be able to adapt between the warrior mindset and the peacemaker mindset is something we're training our deputies to do and it's the right thing to do. we also have to be ready for between the warrior mindset and the peacemaker mindset is something our deputies to do and it's the right thing to do. we also have to be ready for what happened saturday night". akeem breeland took off into the woods but was captured soon after. deputy bagby has extensive training here at the sheriff's department, when he work

three of the bullets hit bagby's patrol car. the deputy has extensive law enforcement and military training. he said he could have returned fire but felt it would have further endangered nearby residents. he had a split second to make a decision. "one of the rounds came up and grazed the side, straight through there and bounced off the tire, went into the wheel well and one of them, not sure if it was a ricochet or what, knocked windshield right here. with the way the houses were set up i didn't have a safe backdrop to fire into and i didn't want to be the one firing into someone's dwelling because it was late at night, 11 or around midnight." deputy bagby has earned several awards of honor and valor over his law enforcement career and military service as a sniper in the marine corps. as for suspect arkeem breeland, he has been charged in the past with shooting into cars and homes and is not supposed to have a weapon. he is currently in jail for attempted murder. the citadel is cracking down on 14 of its cadets for controversial

the sheriff says that deputy christopher bagby showed proper restraint during this incident. >> we were very fortunate in saturday night. chris, and other deputies did their job. we were able to apprehend the bad guy. and nobody got hurt. >> the sheriff says that the suspect has an extensive criminal history and was only released from prison two weeks ago. he faces several charges including attempted murder. >>> richland county deputies teenagers were shot at a party around 12:30 p.m. -- a 30:00 a.m. yesterday morning. they say several suspects approached them on fox hunt road. they say one of the suspects filed multiple -- fired multiple rounds at the teenagers. both victims were shot in the lower body but are expected to be okay. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers. >>> a sumter mother who went missing has turned herself in and is now charged with leaving her two young children home alone. the 27-year-old -- davis, was charged friday with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child. you may remember officers responding to her home back january 15 -- after a neigh

deputy bagby has extensive law enforcement and military training. he says he did not fire his weapon because it could have put residents at risk. the suspect did run into the woods but was caught a short time later. columbia police say a man received serious injuries after crashing into the back of a comet bus this morning. it happened a little after 5:30 this morning on west beltline boulevard near boone street. that's in front of the old piggly wiggly shopping center. police say the bus was stopped when the car crashed into it. the driver of the car wasn't free tax help is here for some midlands families. cooperative ministry's started it's free tax prep services at 13 sites across the midlands today. the start of the program had been delayed due to winter weather, families making 54- thousand dollars a year or less can stop by any of the sites for free help filing their taxes. "i like to joke and say that we put over 2.5 million dollars back into the midlands economy last year, so it's very exciting because we're able to stimulle the economy whic

. >> richland county sheriff leon lott says deputy christopher bagby's car was hit three times this was late saturday night on camrose court. sheriff praised his deputy for not firing back because it was dark and he couldn't see the suspect or if anyone else was around. >> we had one thing that was going for us that night and it was cold. our deputies were dressed for the cold. he wasn't dressed for the cold. >> lott says other officers found 23-year-old arkeem breeland in the woods and took him to the hospital because he had been in the cold. breeland is a felon on probation and by law couldn't have a gun. he was released from prison two weeks ago. we are learning more about a shootout involving columbia police this afternoon. authorities say a man wanted on a murder charge in texas was shot several times in the upper body after he shot at officers trying to arrest him. officials say after he was struck, he got into his car where police say they heard a single gunshot. while it's unclear who fired first, a preliminary report by the office of the coroner shows that the cause of the deat

richland county sheriff leon christopher bagby's car was hit at least three times with him inside the car saturday night. the sheriff praised his deputy for not firing back because it was dark and he couldn't seat suspect or if anyone else was around. >> we had one thing that was going for us that night, and it wasold. our deputies were dressed for the cold, breeland wasn't dressed for the cold. >> ben: the sheriff says other officers found 23-year-old arkeem breeland in the woods a few hours later and took him to the hospital because he had been out in the cold. lott says breeland is a felon on probation and by law couldn't have a gun. he was released from prison roughly two weeks ago. >> alicia: columbia police say a man want order a murder charge in texas was killed after he shot at officers who were trying to arrest him and was killed when police returned fire. a tip led investigators to the 300 block of byron road no. officers were injured in the confrontation. an investigation is now under way to determine who fired the deadly shots. >> ben: the citadel military for appearing in

believe it or not, it's still not exactly clear what caused julia bagbis on the scene. we'll have a live update from julia on the breaking news from the turnpoke that is coming your way in 1 minutes. >>> we'll continue to follow the aftermath of that blizzard that weekend. it dumped several feet of snow all across the east coast breaking records all along the way. 25 people confirmed dead from this massive snowstorm. millions of people are trying to plow through that snow, get updated on that monday morning. get out. air travelers are still waiting up and down the eastern seaboard to get flights scheduled to get out there. >>> kelly blanco h h been following the traffic alert. what can you tell us? >> this happened around 4:15 a.m. a dety-involved accident. what we know is the officer was driving in an unmark car and hit a car stopped on the i-95 southbound of copans avenue. nobody is getting by. they are forcing peoplpl off the highway on copans road. at on ramp still kbleetly blocked off. all lanes are still completely shut down. this has beenhe situation since 4:15 i

richland county sheriff leon lott says deputy christopher bagby's car was hit at least three times with him inside late saturday night on camrose court. the sheriff praised his deputy for not firing back because it was dark and he couldn't see the suspect... or if anyone else was around. 33 lott says other officers found 23-year-old arkeem breeland in the woods a few hours later and took him to the hospital because he had been out in the cold. lott says breeland is a felon on probation and by law couldn't have a gun. he was weeks ago. columbia police say a man wanted on a murder charge in texas was killed after he shot at officers who were trying to arrest him... and police returned fire. a tip led investigators to the three- hundred block of byron road. no officers were injured in the confrontation. investigators are still working this morning to determine who fired the deadly shots. and travel is back to normal this morning along the jarvis klapman bridge... following a possible water rescue last night. emergency personnel closed off the bridge .. as well as the 12-th street bridge...