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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

A woman lied to deputies right before her son killed one of them, South Carolina authorities say

Deputy Killed South Carolina - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The 77-year-old mother of a man who fatally shot a South Carolina deputy has been arrested and charged with lying to officers by saying he wasn't home just before he ambushed them, authorities said.

Linda Perry Dennett was charged with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony on Thursday, two days after her son Cameron Ray Dennett was killed in a shootout with a Darlington County deputy.

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