Deputies kill SC man holding teen hostage

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By NBC August Staff

Story Published: Aug 6, 2008 at 8:55 AM EDT

Story Updated: Aug 6, 2008 at 8:55 AM EDT

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say deputies killed man who was holding his ex-girlfriend's 13-year-old son hostage near Florence.
Florence County deputies say they had to shoot 40-year-old Thomas John Dick on Monday to protect the boy. The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating.
Authorities say Dick was on bond from Hendersonville, N.C., where police say he beat his ex-girlfriend at a motel.
Investigators say Dick was not supposed to contact the woman, but drove to her job Monday before barricading himself in her home with her son.
Sheriff Kenney Boone says a SWAT team shot Dick after he refused to surrender during the two-hour standoff.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Monday, Aug 25 at 5:33 PM jim wrote ...

where are the final reports, did thomas have a gun, why did the swat go in so soon,are there going to be any reports?

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Thursday, Aug 7 at 10:00 AM concerned person wrote ...

I don''t understand !!! Why would a women who feared him give him the keys to where her child was sleeping, makes no sense. I would die before I handed over those keys!!!!

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