2 SC men, 1 woman arrested in 2014 shooting death
April 20, 2021 GMT
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) Two South Carolina men and a woman face charges in the 2014 shooting death of a 19-year-old man who was once a roommate of two of the suspects, law enforcement confirmed Tuesday.
Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said Kris Capatino, 47, of Easley; Destany Fields, 26, of Greenville; and Rahiem Griffin, 28, of Easley, were arrested Thursday in the death of Marquail Hellams, whose bullet-riddled body was found Jan. 31, 2014, news outlets reported.
Capatino and Fields face charges of murder and criminal conspiracy. Griffin was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, the sheriff’s . All three are being held without bond at the Greenville County Detention Center. It was unknown if any of them have attorneys who could speak for them.
The Greenville County deputy who shot an armed man who was on the roof of an apartment complex March 6 has been cleared of wrongdoing after an internal investigation, Sheriff Hobart Lewis said in a video posted Tuesday.
One deputy fired a single shot at the man, later identified by the Greenville County Sheriff s Office as 32-year-old Tyson Devlin Moody. Moody was on a roof at Pelham Village Apartments on Toscano Court just after 2 a.m. the day of the shooting. The identity of the deputy who fired the shot has not been disclosed by the Sheriff s Office.
The deputy was investigated internally by the agency s Office of Professional Standards, Lewis said.
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The Greenville County Republican Party is embroiled in a power struggle that will likely be decided during a virtual convention Tuesday night when delegates choose from a slate of candidates vowing to provide fresh leadership and a rival group that has sought to align itself with former President Donald Trump.
The week leading up the convention was marked by allegations of cheating and a shouting match between two women that led to a call to the Greenville County Sheriff s Office. There also was picketing outside the county party headquarters and the current chairman s place of employment.
Friday s announcement that the convention would be held virtually has sparked complaints from both sets of candidates vying to lead South Carolina s largest GOP county party.
Sheriff: Internal probe clears deputies in fatal shooting
April 6, 2021 GMT
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) A South Carolina sheriff says an internal investigation has cleared deputies who shot and killed an armed man they were trying to arrest in February.
Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said in a YouTube video released on Sunday that all six deputies at the scene have been cleared in the Feb. 18 death of 39-year-old William Clayton Blackwell.
Four of the six fired at him, said Lt. Ryan Flood, the sheriff’s spokesman.
He said deputies had come to a mobile home to serve warrants accusing Blackwell of sex charges and child neglect. Blackwell came out with a pistol, ran behind the mobile home and got a magazine-fed rifle, Flood said.