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‘Armed and dangerous’ South Carolina woman captured after officer injured in shooting prompting late-night phone alerts

Nypost · · 216 words · By Patrick Reilly
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‘Armed and dangerous’ South Carolina woman captured after officer injured in shooting prompting late-night phone alerts An “armed and dangerous woman” who was wanted after a police officer was injured in a shooting in South Carolina has been captured.

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What happened

‘Armed and dangerous’ South Carolina woman captured after officer injured in shooting prompting late-night phone alerts An “armed and dangerous woman” who was wanted after a police officer was injured in a shooting in South Carolina has been captured.

Why it matters

Lacey Cushman, 37, was taken into custody just before midnight after the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division issued a Blue Alert following a shooting that injured a Springfield police officer in rural Barnwell County.

Common ground

The alert, issued around 10:30 p.m., made cellphones blare across the Palmetto State, according to The State newspaper.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The alert, issued around 10:30 p.m., made cellphones blare across the Palmetto State, according to The State newspaper.”
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One web search result specifically quotes The State newspaper stating the alert made cellphones blare across the Palmetto State around 10:30 p.m. While other sources discuss Blue Alerts, this specific detail is corroborated by the search result citing The State newspaper.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_emergency_codes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mace
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Silver Alert is a public notification system in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons – especially senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other mental disabi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Alert
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Claim 2: “Blue Alerts are a rapid notification system, similar to Amber Alerts, which are activated when police are seeking a suspect believed to be a serious danger to the public who has injured or killed a law enforcement officer.”
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Two web search results describe Blue Alerts as being operationally similar to AMBER Alerts, used to rapidly disseminate information to aid in the apprehension of violent suspects, which matches the claim's description.
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Blue Alert Act of 2013 (H.R. 180) is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives of the 113th United States Congress on January 4, 2013. The bill instructs th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Blue_Alert_Act_of_201…
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Blue Alert Network supports the use and integration of Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to rapidly disseminate information to law enforcement agencies, the media and…
https://cops.usdoj.gov/bluealert
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web search NEUTRAL — Blue Alerts are operationally similar to AMBER Alerts and can be broadcast on television, radio, and sent to cellphones and other wireless devices. Like AMBER Alerts, which are designed to quickly pro…
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-…
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Claim 3: “Details about the officer who was shot or their condition have not been released.”
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While the web search results discuss officer injuries in general (NYPD, South Houston PD, Milwaukee), none of the provided evidence sources specifically confirm that 'Details about the officer who was shot or their condition have not been released' regarding the specific officer in this case. The evidence is not contradictory, but it is not independently confirmed.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 12-year veteran officer was shot in the leg and the hand and was in surgery Friday morning, expected to fully recover, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference at Jamaica ...
https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/nypd-officer-shot-w9xf…
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web search NEUTRAL — One of two police officers who were shot has been released from the hospital and will continue to recover at home. The other officer remains in critical condition.
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-police-officers-shot-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police say a South Houston police officer is in critical condition after being shot by a driver who led authorities on a slow-speed chase on Friday.
https://abc13.com/post/south-houston-pd-officer-critical-con…
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Claim 4: “It declared that Cushman was “armed and dangerous” and shared a description of the suspect and her car, a white 2011 Chevrolet Traverse.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Blue Alert stated Cushman was 'armed and dangerous' and provided details about her and her vehicle, specifically mentioning a white 2011 Chevrolet Traverse.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of soap opera characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and the live action television and radio soap operas which feature them. Characters who are pansexual, asexual, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. The final episode aired on November 10, 2006, reruns ceased …
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web search NEUTRAL — SLED issues Blue Alert for armed, dangerous woman in Barnwell County (WRDW) According to SLED, she has brown eyes and an unknown hair color. Her hairstyle and clothing are unknown.
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/04/21/sled-issues-blue-aler…
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Claim 5: “An “armed and dangerous woman” who was wanted after a police officer was injured in a shooting in South Carolina has been captured.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that an 'armed and dangerous woman' wanted after a shooting injuring a police officer in South Carolina was captured. Sources mention Lacey Cushman and the incident details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a List of state highways in South Carolina. These state highways are owned and maintained by the U.S. state of South Carolina, through the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Sout…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Carolina ( KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina
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Claim 6: “Police said they believed she was heading east toward Bamberg County after the shooting on Gardenia Road in Blackville.”
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Multiple web search results independently state that police believed Lacey Cushman was heading east toward Bamberg County after the shooting on Gardenia Road in Blackville.
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web search NEUTRAL — Police said they believed she was heading east towards Bamberg County after the shooting on Gardenia Road in Blackville.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/us-news/armed-and-dangerous-so…
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web search NEUTRAL — The vehicle was last believed to be heading toward Bamberg County, South Carolina. The injured officer sustained wounds from the shooting. Authorities have not yet released the officer’s identity or c…
https://forums.edramatica.com/threads/a-female-cop-shooter-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Blue Alert, Lacey Cushman, 37, is wanted in connection with an officer being assaulted. The location of the assault was Gardenia Road in Blackville, S.C.
https://www.wrdw.com/2026/04/21/suspect-taken-into-custody-a…
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Claim 7: “Lacey Cushman, 37, was taken into custody just before midnight after the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division issued a Blue Alert following a shooting that injured a Springfield police officer in rural Barnwell County.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that Lacey Cushman, 37, was taken into custody following a Blue Alert issued by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division regarding a shooting that injured a Springfield police officer in Barnwell County.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from the year 1874 in the United States.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (introduced as Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and commonly referred to as Arizona SB 1070) is a 2010 legislative act in the U.S. state of Arizona t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_SB_1070
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case involving Arizona's SB 1070, a state law intended to increase the powers of local law enforcement that wished to e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_v._United_States
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Claim 8: “No other injuries were reported.”
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The web search results discuss injury reporting in general (e.g., police reports, injuries in other incidents), but none of the provided evidence sources specifically confirm the claim that 'No other injuries were reported' besides the one sustained by the police officer in this specific incident.
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web search NEUTRAL — The fact that the police officer wrote that there were no injuries is not a surprise. Sometimes there also is a disincentive for an officer to write that there were injuries.
https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/if-a-police-report-states…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police have said the officers did not have body cameras on at the time of the shooting, but an attorney for Taylor's family claimed in a new filing Wednesday that those same officers were ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisville-police-breonna-taylo…
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web search NEUTRAL — What qualified as an injury? Reportable injuries were defined as any injury resulting in pain or discomfort that occurred during the performance of an individual's duties as a law enforcement oficer, …
https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/Publicatio…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.