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Cowboy Murdered - Colin Flaherty show us news with the headline "Family of murdered Elgin man remember him as 'avid cowboy'"[link and excerpts below]By Caroline Hecker, ReporterPublished: Tuesday, April 17th 2018, 3:02 pm CDTUpdated: Tuesday, April 17th 2018, 3:17 pm CDTELGIN, SC (WIS) -The family of the man murdered in Elgin is remembering him as a competitive cowboy who befriended everyone he met.

But its that friendliness his father said led to his death. According to the Richland County Sheriffs Department, 23-year-old Adam Legrand was shot and killed by 21-year-old Kenneth Shirley at Legrands electrical shop on the evening of March 21.

Shirley then ran from police, shooting at them and eventually surrendered in nearby woods. Legrands father, Wayne Legrand, said his son was an avid cowboy who had been riding horses, mules, and bulls for years.

Miranda Hopkins, Legrands fiance, said the afternoon of March 21 was like any day. She had gone over to Legrands shop to help him clean out his truck when Shirley called.

He wanted to come hang out and we had just seen him the night before so we didnt think anything of it, Hopkins said.

She said Legrand and Shirley had been friends for about a year but didnt hang out together much.

We were all having a great time, just laughing and having fun and then he went to the store, she said. When he came back, it was like he was a completely different person.

She said when Shirley returned from the store he was quiet, playing on his phone and not saying much. All of a sudden, she said he pulled a gun on her and Legrand.

We were both so scared and didnt know what was going on so we just tried to usher him out the door while he had a gun in our face, she said. He went outside, got in his truck, shut the door and turned it on and while we were scared, we thought we were okay.

According to Hopkins, Shirley then opened his car door, jumped out and began shooting.

We turned around and ran back into the shop, trying to get around the truck so we could take cover, she said. We were holding hands and I felt him let go and I cant describe what it was like when I turned around.

Legrand had been shot and was falling to the floor.

As he was falling we made eye contact and I cant even describe it, but it was like I felt him leaving and I felt like he was taking a piece of me with him, she said. The family said the autopsy later revealed the fatal shot went through Legrands side, piercing his heart and exiting the front of his chest.

Hopkins said shortly after, the gunfire stopped and she ran to get help, not realizing she had been shot three times herself. She suffered a fractured scapula and trauma to her left leg, of which she said she still has numbness in.

Legrands father said when he found on Shirley was given a $100,000 bond.

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