Suspect arrested for fatally shooting 3 people in Abbeville
Police: 3 dead in South Carolina shooting, hunt for suspect
(ABC Columbia/FILE) 3 dead at apartment complex shooting in Abbeville.
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ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP/WOLO) — South Carolina Law Enforcement Division authorities say a 19-year-old has been arrested and charged for killing three people in an apartment complex.
According to the Index Journal, Thom Berry, a spokesman for SLED, says Elijah Ty Rez Head was arrested at 1:28 a.m. Monday at the Ideal Motel on East Laurens Highway.
Officials say Head is charged with three counts of murder and faces one count of possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
According to the Associated Press, Abbeville police were called to the complex around 3 a.m. on Sunday.
They found four people shot.
The Abbeville coroner’s office says two of them — 62-year-old Shirley Jean Jones and 26-year-old Steven Tinch — were dead when authorities arrived.
The other victims were taken to the hospital where one — 24-year-old Johntavier Moss — later died.
Berry says authorities believe the encounter began outside of an apartment in the parking lot.
Head is being held at the Greenville County Detention Center.
