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The South Carolina man accused of shooting and almost killing an Oconee County deputy during a traffic stop faced a judge on Tuesday.

Gregory Maxwell, the man charged with shooting Oconee County Sheriffs Deputy Cpl. Lucas Watts in the head, was denied bond at his Dec. 19 hearing in Walhalla.

The man who deputies say shot an Oconee County, South Carolina, deputy in the line of duty last month went before a magistrate Tuesday.

The Oconee County Sheriffs Office will spend roughly $50,000 to outfit their units with bulletproof glass after a deputy was critically wounded in a shooting.

This South Carolina county where a deputy was shot plans to install bulletproof glass in patrol cars.

The Oconee County Sheriffs Office will spend roughly $50,000 to outfit their units with bulletproof glass after a deputy was critically wounded in a shooting.

Oconee County Sheriffs deputy Lucas Watts has been moved out of the trauma intensive care unit after being shot in the head during a vehicle chase on Nov. 16 near

The deputy, a new dad who welcomed a baby with his wife less than two months ago, is in critical but stable condition after being shot last week.

The Oconee County sheriffs deputy shot after a highway pursuit remains in the hospital after being struck in a way officials thought was "not survivable."

A South Carolina sheriff describes how one of his deputies ‘miraculously’ survived after being shot in the head.