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Updated: 3:40 PM Jan 31, 2012
Coroner releases name of victim in fatal Barnwell shooting
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has taken over the case, as the victim is from a different jurisdiction.
Posted: 7:21 PM Jan 30, 2012Reporter: Staff Email Address: newsroom@wrdw.com |
SLED was called to investigate a shooting in Barnwell Sunday night. (WRDW-TV / Jan. 29, 2012)
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Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012
BARNWELL, S.C. -- Investigators are looking into a shooting that killed a 30-year-old male victim in Barnwell Sunday night.
Barnwell Coroner Lloyd Ward confirmed the victim was Avesta Z. Conner.
Ward said Conner was inside a car when someone else in another car shot him in the parking lot of Little Howe's Restaurant on the 8000 block of Marlboro Avenue.
Conner was driven to the hospital by a witness and later died at the hospital. The autopsy confirmed Conner died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
A vehicle was taken into custody that was parked on Marlboro Avenue.
No one is in custody for the shooting, but officers say they have a possible lead on a suspect.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has taken over the case, as Conner is from a different jurisdiction.
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