SLED: Lexington County man charged with carrying weapon on school property

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ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– SLED says a man has been charged with carrying a weapon on school property.

18-year-old Jimmy Lee Thompson, Jr., was charged on Thursday, October 9, after deputies found a loaded FN handgun under a chair in a common area on Saturday, Oct. 4.

The handgun was found while investigators were executing a search warrant after two shootings took place in the area.

Thompson told a SLED agent that he was sleeping in the chair.

Investigators say he was the only person in the Hugine Suites common area.

He was booked into the Orangeburg County Detention Center.

SLED’s investigations into two shootings that occurred at S.C. State are active and ongoing.

Anyone with information should call SLED at 866-472-8477 and/or email SLED at tips@sled.sc.gov.

The FBI is providing technical assistance to SLED with digital media analysis.

Anyone with cellphone video or any other multimedia recordings of the incidents is encouraged to upload the media to www.fbi.gov/scstateuniversityshootings.