Three suspects arrested in shooting at school bus stop in Gaffney that left one dead

(WCIV/WOLO) — Gaffney Police have arrested three suspects wanted in connection with the fatal bus stop shooting of a high school student Wednesday.

Keveon Ken’Dre Covington, 18, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon following a search involving dozens of law enforcement officers, drones and helicopters. Authorities said Covington fled when officers attempted to locate him earlier in the day.

17-year-old Reginald Louis Barnes Jr. was arrested and charged earlier Thursday in the shooting that killed Jomiltron Sentell Fair Jr., a 17-year-old Gaffney High School student.

Police arrested a 16-year-old in connection with the shooting Thursday following a traffic stop.

The report from police on the incident states that Fair had walked from his apartment to a bus stop in the 500 block of West Rutledge Avenue around 6:49 a.m. when a man approached him.

After a brief altercation, the man reportedly shot Fair, killing him at the scene as he was boarding the school bus in front of 15 other students who were already on the bus. Surveillance video from the school bus captured the shooter running to a waiting car driven by another person, authorities said.

The 16-year-old is being held at South Carolina DJJ.

Barnes Jr. and Covington were both taken to the Cherokee County Detention Center.

Barnes was denied bond and Covington’s bond hearing is set for Friday afternoon.