Crime & Safety
4 Charged in Shooting That Left 1 Dead, 2 Injured
The shooting happened Jan. 25 at a home on Williamsburg Drive.
Four men are in jail after a Richland County shooting left one man dead and two others injured.
Maurice Roberts, 17, Demetrice James, 18, Deshawn McClary, 19, and Vincent Nelson Jr., 21, are each charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and burglary, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.
Deputies say the four men broke into a home in te 4100 block of Williamsburg Drive just after 11 p.m. on Jan. 25 and shot 22-year-old Brandon Jones multiple times.
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Jones died from the gunshot wounds, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts.
Roberts, James, McClary and Nelson also shot a 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old man in the upper body, according to the sheriff's department, and beat one of them in the head with a pistol.
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Those two victims were transported to Palmetto Health Richland and are expected to survive their injuries, according to the sheriff's department.
Roberts, James, McClary and Nelson were all booked at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center between Jan. 28 and Feb. 1.
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