Crime & Safety

Shooting Victim Identified

Gawayne A. Franklin died early Sunday from a gunshot wound to the head.

A shooting at a Seminole Road nightclub Sunday morning left one dead.


Gawayne A. Franklin of Hertford Drive was taken from to Palmetto Richland Memorial where he was pronounced dead at 4:14 a.m., a coroner's office report showed.

An autopsy showed Franklin died from complications of a gunshot wound to the head.

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