LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)-Springdale Police are investigating a shooting that sent three people to the hospital Sunday night. Police chief Coronet tells ABC Columbia news that the shooting stemmed from an altercation between three people. The shooting happened off of Sightler Drive. Officers say two people were shot and taken to a hospital in Richland County, while the third…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- A Gaston man is dead after a shooting at a Richland County nightclub Sunday morning. The incident happened around 2:30am at Candyland, which is located at 1715 Percival Road. Deputies say they found a man who had been shot in the upper body. Terrence Maxwell Kinley, 36, died at the scene, according to Richland County Coroner…
The 100 block of Coventry Drive to Teesdale Court is closed to all traffic as the Lexington Police Department responds to a suspect who has barricaded themself in a home wanted on multiple warrants.
LEXINGTON, S.C.(WOLO) – Lexington County detectives have arrested a Lexington woman in connection with the death of her newborn child. Brennan Hailey Geller, 21, is charged with homicide by child abuse because she failed to provide medical care for the infant she delivered in her car Friday night, according to an arrest warrant. Geller placed the newborn in a trash…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The Richland County Sheriff’s Department and several agencies are responding to a possible drowning in Lake Murray. A witness said an adult male jumped into Lake Murray from a pontoon boat to cool off but has not resurfaced. Deputies say the call came in around 6:15 p.m. RCSD’s Marine Patrol, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)-The body found by kayakers along the bank of the Broad River has been identified as a missing Columbia man. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts identified the victim as 24-year-old Charlie Thomas Nguyen. Watts said Nguyen was transported to Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital where positive identification was made and an autopsy was performed this morning. The…
Richland County, S.C. (WOLO) – Officials with the Richland County Sherriff’s Office have captured a murder suspect wanted in Sumter County. Stephen Sennett was wanted in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Jerry Lamars Johnson after his body was found in Lake Marion on April 25. Officials say Sennett was seen in the Two-Natch Rd. area earlier this afternoon and was considered…
COLUMBIA, SC (AP)- More than a dozen South Carolina corrections employees are facing federal charges related to bribery and bringing contraband into the state’s institutions a week after a deadly prison riot, according to federal court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. The indictments against 14 corrections employees, including at least 11 officers, include charges of racketeering, bribery and wire fraud,…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- The South Carolina Department of Corrections and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are responding to an incident at Lee Correctional Institution. @SCDCNews and SLED are responding to an ongoing situation at Lee Correctional Institution. — SC Dept. Corrections (@SCDCNews) April 16, 2018 Lee Correctional is a maximum security prison located in Bishopville in Lee County. No other…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- One person is dead after a shooting in Eastover Saturday night. The victim,Kwame A. Jones,34, died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the upper body, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. The shooting happened just before midnight in the 400 block of Henry Street. Two other men were shot during the incident. The…
