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YORK COUNTY, S.C. – A South Carolina man who is an ex-deputy has been charged with murder in the death of a retired lieutenant from the Rock Hill Police Department Friday afternoon, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office.
At 3:15 p.m. deputies were called to the Anderson Apartment Building at 108 East Main Street after Larry Vaughan was found dead in his apartment. Vaughn retired as a lieutenant with the Rock Hill Police Department.
RHPD requested the York County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the homicide due to Vaughan’s connection to the agency, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office.
Chester County sheriff: Ex-deputy charged in murder of retired Rock Hill policeman Andrew Dys, The Charlotte Observer
A former Chester County deputy is charged with murder after a retired Rock Hill Police Department officer was found dead in a downtown Rock Hill apartment Friday, officials said.
Evan Robert Hawthorne, 27, of Chester, has been charged with murder, said York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson.
The victim was identified by Tolson as Larry Vaughan, a retired Rock Hill police lieutenant.
Vaughan’s body was found after 3 p.m. Friday in an apartment in the Anderson Apartment Building, 108 Main Street, at the corner of Main Street and Dave Lyle Boulevard, according to a written statement released by the sheriff’s office.
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