Teens charged with murder following shooting, Lexington County Sheriff says
One man is dead, another is injured and two teenagers are behind bars following a shooting, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said.
A long-running disagreement motivated Daniel Taylor Jones, 18, and Christopher David Shumpert, 19, to open fire on the two men Friday night, the sheriff’s department said in a news release.
Barry Chavis Jr. was killed in the shooting at his home in the 3600 block of Fish Hatchery Road in Gaston, according to the release. Chavis was identified by Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher.
The other man who was hit by gunfire is expected to recover, the sheriff’s department said.
Further information on his condition was not available.
Jones and Shumpert went to the Gaston home where they argued with the other men, according to the release.
Then both teens fired multiple shots at Chavis and the other man, who were outside the home, the sheriff’s department said.
“Based on interviews detectives conducted with witnesses, Jones and Shumpert had a long-running disagreement with the other two men,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said in the release.
Information on the nature of the disagreement was not available.
The teens fled the shooting, but were soon arrested, according to the release.
“Deputies arrested Jones a short time after the shooting at his Gaston home,” Koon said. “Investigators located Shumpert at an Aiken hotel with the help of Aiken County deputies and arrested him without incident.”
Both Jones and Shumpert were taken to the Lexington County Detention Center, where they were charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to the release.
No bond has been set for Jones or Shumpert, and the teens remain locked up, jail records show.
