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Sheriff: Sangaree Murder Doesn’t Appear to be Random

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office are working overtime to determine who killed a man in the Sangaree community early Tuesday morning. The shooting took place at 603 Beauregard Road near Summerville. Authorities say a man was found shot to death inside a home at that address. According to Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis, the shooting doesn’t appear to […]

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Berkeley County Deputies Investigating Homicide

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County Deputies are currently investigating a fatal shooting. At 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, deputies say they responded to a report of a person being shot at an address in the 3000 block of Old Highway 52 in the Strawberry area of Berkeley County. Upon arrival, deputies say they observed a male subject who was was deceased with a […]

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Deputies: Moncks Corner Man Found Dead Near Andrews

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Deputies with the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office say they are investigating the death of a man found near Andrews on Wednesday as a murder. Authorities say the body of Lamar Michael Thompson, 32, of Moncks Corner was found in the driver’s seat of a 2008 GMC Yukon parked on Dorien Drive near County Line Road. An autopsy was […]

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Roommate Charged in Goose Creek Burned Body Investigation

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–A Goose Creek man has been charged with grand larceny following the disappearance of his roommate Michael Mullikin. After responding to a welfare check on February 27th, police discovered a burned body at 469 Madeline Dr. The charred remains were found in a backyard barrel. Shannon Maurice Smith, Jr. is accused of stealing Mullikin’s car. Mullikin, who lived […]

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Goose Creek Police Find Burned Human Remains In Backyard Barrel

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Police are investigating a homicide after they located a charred human remains in the backyard of a home on Madeline Drive in Goose Creek. On Monday at approximately 7:30 p.m., GCPD officers were dispatched to the location to check on the welfare of a resident.  Officers were advised by the resident’s daughter that she had not heard […]

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Coroner ID’s Man Shot To Death At A Summerville Hotel

SUMMERVILLE, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the teen shot and killed Friday night outside a Summerville hotel. On Nov. 18th around 11 p.m.,  the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office was notified of a death at the Econo Lodge on 110 Holiday Drive off of North Main Street. “We responded and found 19-year-old Khaalis Kindu Jackson had been shot […]

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Coroner: Hanahan Woman Died From Strangulation

HANAHAN, S.C.–Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury has officially ruled the recent death of a Hanahan woman as a homicide. According to an autopsy performed Thursday at MUSC, Melanie Rivera, 39,  died from asphyxiation due to manual strangulation. Police say they were conducting a welfare check when they discovered Rivera’s body stuffed inside an apartment closet on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say concerned co-workers contacted […]

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Berkeley County Deputies Investigate Goose Creek Homicide

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to the Chief Deputy Mike Cochran, at 8:04 a.m. Wednesday deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from an individual who had not seen their neighbor, a resident of 410 Howe Hall Road, in an unspecified period of time. When deputies responded to the home at 8:10 a.m., Cochran stated that officers found a black, […]

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Deputies: Shooting Leaves Three People Dead

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, three people are dead following a shooting in Moncks Corner early Friday morning. Chief Deputiey Mike Cochran stated that officers responded to a 9-1-1 call of a shooting at 228 Macio Road shortly before 2 a.m. Once they arrived on scene, deputies said that they found two people shot to death. A […]