Deputy recounts traffic stop that led to gunshot to his face
Robert Odell Brown Robert Odell Brown  Robert Odell Brown, 29,
center, has been charged with several crimes in connection to
the November 2011 shooting of a Spartanburg County sheriff's
deputy.  Published: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 10:28 p.m. Last
Modified: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 10:28 p.m.  It began as a
routine traffic stop.  Spartanburg County Sheriff's Deputy Brad
James testified Tuesday that he was working third shift on Nov.
6, 2011, patrolling the county's south side when he saw a blue
Pontiac speed past him on Irwin Avenue. James said the driver
made a quick, right-hand turn onto Carolina Drive after spotting
him. That's when the chase began.  The car chase became a foot
chase, and then a struggle. That's when, prosecutors say, Robert
Odell Brown shot James in the face and fled.  “I go over the
fence and as soon as my feet hit the ground he's within arm's
reach of the right-hand side,” James testified Tuesday, the
first day of Brown's tr