Arrest made in Broad River Road shooting

Richland County sheriff’s deputies have made an arrest in an early morning shooting on Wednesday.

Maliquee Hazelwood, 23, was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with attempted murder, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced.

The arrest follows an early morning shooting that left one man injured outside a grocery store on Broad River Road.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of shots fired at the CK Mart on Broad River Road around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Deputies arrived on scene and found a man who had been shot in the upper body, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release.

The man was transported to a hospital for treatment. The sheriff’s department said he was still hospitalized Wednesday afternoon.

Deputies say Hazelwood’s car was found abandoned on the side of Interstate 26 a short time after the shooting. Hazelwood later turned himself in at sheriff’s department headquarters and was later booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on an attempted murder charge.

This story was originally published October 6, 2021 at 11:12 AM.

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