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Police: Search for 5-year-old now a recovery effort

Rob Dew,

Sumter, S.C. (WOLO, Sumter PD)–  According to the Sumter Police Department the search for a missing 5-year- old, whose mother was found slain, has shifted to a recovery effort based on information provided Monday night by the suspect. Investigators say Sumter Police Department officers and other agencies  have been searching throughout Monday night into Tuesday morning and will continue until…
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Child found dead in car, two arrested

Associated Press,

Source: Colleton Co. Detention Center WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) –Authorities in South Carolina say they’ve arrested two people in connection with a child found dead in a car. The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office stated in a news release that investigators responded Monday to a report of a child left in a vehicle on a road 60 miles (97 kilometers) outside of…
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Gun stocks on the rise after weekend of mass shootings

CNN,

(CNN) – Gun stocks are on the rise following the two weekend mass shooting attacks in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. The stocks of publicly traded guns jumped Monday after calls for stricter gun laws rang out across the country. Investors think the prospect of stricter gun laws will lead people to rush out and buy more weapons and…
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2 arrested for murder of Hispanic men in Sumter

ABC Columbia Staff,

SUMTER, SC (WOLO) – A 33-year-old and 17-year-old are charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting and killing two Hispanic men last month. Kelvin Bell, 33, is charged with two counts of murder after Sumter Police say on July 25th, Bell and his teenage accomplice shot and killed two Hispanic men outside a home on Bowman Drive. Authorities are still…
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Concerned parents talk to Cardinal Newman’s principal after school threat

Alexis Frazier,

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-A group of parents are demanding answers from a midlands school after racist videos of a now former student caused safety concerns. The video shows a white teenager holding a rifle, shooting a shoe box he says represents black people all while using a racial slur. On Monday parents met with Cardinal Newman’s principal, wondering why it took so…