Home Invasion Results In Attempted Murder/Suicide

"CLOVER, SC — Willie Lowery was working in his garden near the rear of his Regal Road home Thursday when he heard gunshots coming from the mobile home next door.

"He ran inside the home and found Catherine Morrison, who appeared to have been shot in her right side, he said Friday at his home.

"Lowery told Morrison to stay on her back, and he wouldn’t let her get up when she tried to get something to drink.

"`I said, 'You’ve got to breathe,'` Lowery said. `She seemed like she was going to go out.`

"Kevis Thomas, 21, of Clover broke into the home at 214 Regal Road and shot Morrison, 18, before shooting himself with a gun stolen from an acquaintance, said Trent Faris, York County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.

"Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, York County Coroner Sabrina Gast said.

"State Law Enforcement Division records show Morrison and Thomas have never been arrested in South Carolina.

"Officials at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte said Morrison was in critical condition Friday. No one was at Morrison’s home on Friday.

"Lowery said he believes the gunman broke through a window pane on a door on the north end of the home."

Source: Enquirer-Herald...