Aiken County murder suspect captured in Columbia

Dyron Lamont Glover
Dyron Lamont Glover(Contributed)
Published: Oct. 17, 2023 at 2:06 PM EDT|Updated: Oct. 18, 2023 at 3:39 PM EDT
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Authorities in Columbia have arrested a suspect who’s been sought for over a year in connection with an Aiken County murder.

Deputies had been looking for Dyron Lamont Glover in connection with the July 31, 2022, shooting death of 56-year-old Charles B. Thomas in New Ellenton.

Glover was arrested at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Service Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force, acting on a tip.

He’d been transferred to Aiken County by Wednesday.

Thomas was found inside his truck late at night at Stanley Drive and Summit Drive Southwest with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Glover was wanted for murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.