A South Carolina woman who fired a weapon into the house and apartment of two of her neighbors and shot a Black man in his front yard in 2017 has been convicted of all charges and sentenced to decades in prison.
On May 21, a jury found 48-year-old Mandy Morrow Fortson guilty of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, and breach of peace aggravated in nature, according to the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Mandy Morrow Fortson was found guilty of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, and breach of peace for a 2017 incident in which shot into the homes of Hispanic and Black families. (Photo: Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office)
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division arrested a man Tuesday in relation to a confrontation last week during which gunfire was exchanged with Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputies. Chaney Asad Jones, 20, was arrested on charges of attempted murder and pointing and presenting firearms at a person. He was booked at the Aiken County Detention Center. On May 25, ACSO deputies were responding to a disturbance report when an armed man.
ABC Columbia
May 24, 2021 1:50 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office says a Richland County woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a shooting incident in the Rosewood Community in February 2017. During a trial last week, a jury found Mandy Morrow Fortson guilty of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling and breach of peace-aggravated in nature.
Mandy Fortson
Courtesy: Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office
On February 22, 2017, investigators say Fortson repeatedly fired a gun into her neighbor’s home while they were eating dinner and then fired into the home of another neighbor as they were getting ready for bed. Authorities say a neighbor came out of his apartment, asking her to stop, but she shot him in the hip and wrist.
ABC Columbia
May 17, 2021 12:37 PM EDT
CNN– The Charleston County Sheriff is apologizing to the family of Jamal Sutherland for his death in jail. He died at a detention center in North Charleston on January 5. Footage released last week shows deputies pepper spraying and tasing him multiple times. It came after he appeared to resist leaving his cell for a bail hearing.
Sheriff Kristin Graziano was elected in November and began her duties on the day of the incident. The two deputies involved in Sutherland’s death were initially suspended for 30 days and are now on desk duty.
The Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office is reviewing the case and will decide whether anyone will be criminally charged.