SC: Upstate community welcome home deputy shot in the line of duty
More than six months after being shot in the line of duty, Oconee County Deputy Corporal Lucas Watts is home.
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More than six months after being shot in the line of duty, Oconee County Deputy Corporal Lucas Watts is home.
Corporal Watts was injured in the line of duty back in November of 2023.
Corporal Watts was injured in the line of duty back in November of 2023.
“Folks, I’m here to tell you from the time he got shot to the time his wife touched him, had to be two-and-half, three hours,” the sheriff said. “I saw a dead man come back to life... because of God, and because of intervening prayer, I really believe.”
An Oconee County Sheriff's Office deputy is in stable but critical condition after being shot during a highway pursuit on Nov. 16.