Lexington County

Lexington Deputies arrest suspect in triple homicide

LEXINGTON,  SC (WOLO)–Lexington County deputies say they have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting three people at a Bush River Road apartment complex Tuesday. The shooting occurred Tuesday off Butternut Lane. Justin Tyler Hopkins-image courtesy Lexington Co Sheriff’s Dept. Deputies say 21 year old Justin Tyler Ellaree Hopkins, is charged with three counts of murder, unlawful carrying of a…

Prosecutors say justice is served after Timothy Jones Jr. sentenced to death

Jones was convicted of killing his five children back in August 2014

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — A jury has sentenced Timothy Jones Jr., a Lexington County father convicted of killing his five children in August 2014, to death Thursday afternoon. It took the jury less than two hours to come up with the sentence. The sentence comes on the heels of an emotional closing statement from Solicitor Rick Hubbard. “He is a murderer….