COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A newly released search warrant reveals additional details about a violent struggle that left a Columbus County sheriff’s deputy wounded last month and sparked an hours-long manhunt for the suspect.
According to the warrant, Deputy Joe Byrd attempted to stop a gray Chevrolet Silverado around 7:45 a.m. on Sept. 16, but the driver refused to pull over.
A pursuit followed, ending when the pickup truck crashed into a log truck on Shackletown Road in Delco…