By Associated Press - Monday, March 11, 2019

EASTOVER, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a man on a stolen motorcycle fired at a deputy trying to pull him over in South Carolina before running into the woods.

Richland County deputies said the officer was not hit by the shot fired around 9:15 p.m. Sunday in Eastover.

Deputies searched the area for several hours for the man but did not find him.



The sheriff’s department said in a news release that the motorcycle had been stolen from somewhere in nearby Columbia.

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