Crime & Safety

Man Arrested in Columbia Shooting Death

A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a Columbia man on Sept. 11.

Columbia Police have charged a man with the murder of a 37-year-old whose body was found on the side of a Richland County road on Sept. 12.

Kenny Edward Goree, 41, is accused of shooting and killing Samuel S. Clemons of Columbia.

Clemons' body was found by a passerby at the 2400 block of Center Street on Sept. 12. 

Investigators think the shooting occurred between 11 and 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 11. A motive for the shooting is still being investigated.

Goree is being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

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