Crime & Safety

Two Charged in Crosstown Homicide

Charleston police make arrest for June 24 homicide.

Two North Charleston men have been charged in a June 24 homicide that left one man dead in Charleston's Crosstown.

Dontez Alonzo Wright, 23, and Devin Brandon Middleton, 19, have been charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, according to a Charleston police news release.

William Nelson III was killed in the early morning homicide, according to police. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Both suspects are being held in the Charleston County jail.

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