Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009

Two men arrested in shooting

Authorities have arrested two more men and are looking for a third in connection with a shooting Wednesday in a Fairview community home.

According to a news release from the Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Neo Desmond Colin Haywood, 24, and D'Marqus Laquen Thomas, 20, were arrested Friday. They face charges of first-degree burglary, armed robbery and conspiracy in the non-fatal shooting of a man in his home on Pine Grove Road.

Haywood, of Furtick Road in Swansea, and Thomas, of Sugar Hill Lane in Gaston, were awaiting bond hearings at the Lexington County Detention Center.

Detectives and the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force were still searching Saturday for Justin Lavar Jones, 22, of Yellow Jasmine Road, Orangeburg, the release said. Jones is 6-foot-1 and weighs 215 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.

Three other men also were arrested last week in the incident. Officers believe the shooting was drug-related.

The shooting victim was listed in stable condition Saturday at a local hospital.

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