VIOLA - Attempted homicide charges have been filed against a Richland County man accused in a shootout with sheriff's deputies.

The attempted homicide charges are among nine filed against Robert Bayliss.

The 60-year-old man who authorities say has "strong anti-government attitudes" surrendered after a daylong standoff last Thursday -- but not before an exchange of gunfire, deployment of tear gas and a fire at his cabin in rural Viola.

The dispute had started four days earlier when some deputies tried to serve Bayliss with a lawsuit seeking to evict him for failure to pay property taxes dating back to 2001.

Deputies used special armored vehicles when they tried to serve legal papers last week. The vehicles' thick, bullet-proof windshields are marked with gunshots.

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