LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. -- A white wreath hangs outside the Cedar Creek Tackle Shop on Highway 97 in Lancaster County. Beneath it sits a white poster with space for friends to sign their names. That space is filling up as people remember 55-year-old Ronnie Cairnes.

Police said Cairnes was shot and killed Wednesday morning by 46-year-old Darren Winchester. Deputies said Winchester walked out of the wood line across the street from the store, pointed a 12-gauge shotgun and fired once. Then he went back to his house and waited for police.

Winchester had a past with Cairnes, according to public records, friends and family.

"He was always shooting and raising Cain about stuff," said Cairnes' long-time friend, Danny Keziah. "He'd threatened to kill Ronnie before."

A check of police records found at least four complaints against Winchester originating from the Cedar Creek Tackle Shop across from his home.

Reports from '05, '06 and '07 show that Winchester was accused of cursing and threatening a female customer inside the store.

Another time he was accused of firing a gun outside toward the street and then threatening to kill a neighbor.

Ronnie Cairnes’ brother, Mike Cairnes, said this feud went on for a long time, and his brother had banned Winchester from his store because of his behavior.

"He'd be in there cussing, slinging stuff. My brother told him to go on and don't ever come back,” he said.

Cairnes said his brother didn't allow cursing or drunken behavior inside his store that often sold fishing equipment and bait to young children.

"He had a respectable store here," Cairnes said.

Winchester also had five driving under the influence convictions dating back to 1989, and he was cited numerous times for driving with a suspended license.

He had no felony convictions, however, and only one arrest related to the tackle shop. He was charged with disturbing the peace and intimidation for the night in 2005 when he was accused of firing a gun into the street.

Sheriff's deputies said there's nothing they could've done to prevent what happened Wednesday because they could never make serious charges against Winchester despite what neighbors said he did.

"We can only charge him with what we know, what we have enough evidence for," said sheriff's spokesman Tom Holland.

After a six-hour standoff Wednesday, with dozens of officers outside his home, Winchester shot himself.

Lancaster County court records show his home was in foreclosure, and neighbors said he was a troubled man who needed help.

Mike Cairnes said his brother had nothing against anyone, but he couldn't allow Winchester to disturb his store, his customers and threaten his life. That's why he called police whenever there was trouble That's also what, Cairnes believes, made Winchester angry enough to kill.

"I’m going to miss him," Cairnes said. "I didn't sleep at all last night. I don't know what else I can say."

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