Fairfield Co. coroner identifies shooting victim after deputies called to motel

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill has identified the person who died after a shooting at a motel, say officials.

In the early morning hours of Thursday, September 10, Fairfield County EMS was called to the America’s Best Value Inn in Winnsboro for a shooting victim.

Upon EMS arrival, they found an individual with gunshot wounds in the lower extremities with heavy bleeding, says the coroner’s office.

EMS took the individual to Prisma Health Richland Memorial when he was taken into surgery.

According to Coroner Hill, 27-year-old Jonquarius Gibson, of Winnsboro, died from the injuries that he sustained during the shooting.

An autopsy will be scheduled with Newberry Pathology.