Couple arrested after shots fired with 3-year-old in car

A couple were arrested Wednesday after a car chase in which the two allegedly shot at another motorist while carrying a sleeping 3-year-old in their vehicle, authorities say.

Macalister Reid Jr., 21, and Shaina Laquillah-Lynn Whitmore, 19, both of Newberry, are each charged with assault with intent to kill and unlawful conduct toward a child. They are at the Newberry County jail.

The child is the suspects’ and was put in protective custody, the county Sheriff’s Department said.

Deputies were notified of a fight around 5 p.m. at a Wilson Road parking lot in which one person had a pistol. As deputies were en route, the people in the dispute got in their vehicles and sped off, the Sheriff’s Department said.

An unidentified man then called 911 to report he was being chased by another car whose occupants were shooting at him. Authorities said the shooters’ car eventually was spotted back on Wilson Road, and the couple were arrested there without incident.

— From Staff Reports