Another drive-by in Burton wounds man

A 27-year-old Burton man is the victim of the area‘s second drive-by shooting in a week after he was shot while walking down Pine Grove Road in Burton early Thursday, according to authorities.

Roderick Deon Grayer told Beaufort County Sheriff‘s Office deputies that he was walking home from a friend‘s house at about 1 a.m. when he noticed a vehicle driving toward him, according to the Sheriff‘s Office.

As the car approached, Grayer said someone in the car opened fire, hitting him in the right shoulder.

The vehicle sped away, and Grayer told authorities that the bullet knocked him off his feet, making him unable to provide any description of the vehicle driven by his assailants, according to the Sheriff‘s Office.

Grayer was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital by a passerby.His condition wasn‘t available Thursday.

The incident was the second drive-by shooting in Burton in a week.

Police say 18-year-old Kwamain Nix opened fire on Willie Tolbert IV as he walked down Poppy Hill Road on Aug. 6. Authorities charged Jason Lasalle Black and Andre Demonte Mitchell as accessories in the shooting. Nix faces a litany of charges including assault with intent to kill.

Investigators said the Poppy Hill drive-by was in retaliation for the 2007 shooting at the Semper Fi Club where Tolbert was accused of shooting Nix and two other men.

Thursday morning‘s shooting is the 10th in northern Beaufort County since July 5, six of which occurred in Burton, including Sunday‘s fatal accidental shooting of Rasheem Ray.

Investigators have not identified any suspects in the Pine Grove Road drive-by shooting. In addition to the shooter, authorities are looking for the bystander who drove Grayer to the hospital.

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This is from today!!!!!

hey guys good to see ya‘ll too!

I missed ya‘ll, but not a lot of time these days... But I‘m doing good. I hope ya‘ll are doing good too. I just got back from a SCCADVASA confrence with my mother. It was reall cool. we went to spartanburg thursday in the day checked into the hotel, then went downtown. We happened on a festival in the park that I guess they do every thursday wih music, food, dancing, bubbles, 50 kids, and probably 150 adults, so mom and I sat off to the sides and t:ried to pick parents to match the kids. we‘re so good too :)

the confrence was called closing the gap: building bridges for domestic violence workers and mental health providers.. (Or something like that)

I wasn‘t so happy with our main speaker; she rushed through her workshop and I guess she rearranged her slides for whatever reason so everyone spent  more time looking for where we were in the manual instead of paying attention. Then she showed up 45 mins late for the breakout session... and because we had another one, we were unable to hear what she had to say :(  big downer

but the other speakers were great! I passed out womansavers cards but had only brought a few... The next confrence is in columbia and it‘s a SCCADVASA training for something or other... mom‘s loving it! I am too.

I think I am going to get certified in QPR, Suicide Prevention and referals... Why not right? Anyways I just got off a bad night at work... welcome back nicki right. Anyways, I fell down the other day right before we went to the confrence so the brusies on my arms are all kinds of messed up (I hit both the under arms but kept from busting my butt anyways)  and before we went down to the confrence my mom looks at me and ask "what are you going to tell people happened when they see your arms?" I told her I was going to tell the I fell down the stairs...

She looked at me and just started laughing. we had the giggles through most of the day :)

Marine accidentally shoots friend at party, police say

A young Marine, thinking his gun was not loaded, allegedly shot his friend, also a Marine, early Saturday.

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The Beaufort County Sheriff�s Office is investigating the shooting, which occurred at party at a Polk Village residence.

Around 1 a.m. Saturday sheriff�s deputies were called to 2809 Second St. for a report of a gunshot victim. According to party-goers, just prior to the shooting, Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick King, 21, had been playing with a handgun that he�d brought with him to the party.

King allegedly did not know the gun was loaded and pointed the gun at a friend and pulled the trigger. Witnesses reported that there had been no argument between King and his friend, also a 21-year-old Marine, and that the shooting was not intentional.

The injured man was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital, then transported to Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

King was arrested and charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with further information is asked to contact Investigator Cpl. J. Kelleher at 843-470-3217.

21-year-old‘s death is Polk Village‘s second fatal shooting in less than a week

A 21-year-old Beaufort man was shot and killed Wednesday night in Polk Village, the community‘s second fatal shooting in less than a week.

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Joshua Ryan Tiger was shot and killed in a duplex on Centerview Drive by an unknown gunman who with an accomplice barged into the home at about 9:30 p.m., according to authorities.

Tiger and 18-year-old Kevin Robert Shipper were in the living room when they heard a knock at the door, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff‘s Office. Shipper told authorities that two armed black men stormed through the door. One of the men struck Shipper in the head with a handgun, the Sheriff‘s Office said.

Shipper told investigators that there was a struggle between Tiger and the second suspect, and Tiger was shot. The two men left the apartment in what authorities believe was a gold Lincoln Town Car.

Tiger was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead, the Sheriff‘s Office said.

Patrol cars canvassed the area Thursday morning as deputies searched for the two men who investigators haven‘t identified but have released sketches of.

One of the suspects was described by Shipper as being about 6 feet 1 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds and wearing all black clothing with thin, "chin-strap" style facial hearing. The second man was described as 6 feet 1 inches tall, weighing 220 pounds and wearing all black clothing, having a round face, and no facial hair.

Tiger‘s death is the fourth fatal shooting reported in northern Beaufort County since July 5.

•Cpl. Tony Martinez-Ramirez,a Marine stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, was accidentally shot in the head by another marine in his unit at a Second Street house party Saturday in Polk Village, according to authorities. Martinez-Ramirez died from his injuries two days later at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

The man arrested for the shooting, Lance Cpl. Patrick King,remained in the Beaufort County Detention Center as of Thursday night on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. He faces no more than five years if convicted.

•Mario Morgan,a 22-year-old hospitalman at Naval Hospital Beaufort, was shot to death Aug. 2 outside the Masonic Lodge on Lady‘s Island. Melvin Holmes,remained in the detention center as of Thursday night on murder charges.

•Two Burton teenagers were arrested Thursday in connection with the accidental shooting death of 17-year-old Rasheem Ray last week.

Darryl Kinloch, 17, and Donnell Matthews, 18, turned themselves in during arranged meetings with Sheriff‘s Office investigators.

Matthews was charged with possession of a stolen handgun, and Kinloch was charged with possession of a weapon by a person under 18, the Sheriff‘s Office said.

Kinloch is the teen believed by investigators to be the one who pulled the trigger of the stolen handgun that he, Matthews, and Ray were playing with when it accidentally went off. Ray was shot in the head and later pronounced dead at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.

Matthews remained in the Beaufort County Detention Center on Thursday night on a $5,000 bond. Kinloch was released from jail Thursday on $5,000 bail.

Fourteen shootings in northern Beaufort County have been reported since July 5.