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Friend believes Walterboro officer-involved shooting suspect suffered PTSD, was a lineman helping with storm recovery
WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCBD) – As state police investigate a deadly officer-involved shooting in Walterboro, a friend who knew the suspect is sharing his story and claims the man suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. The shooting happened in the parking lot of a Ruby Tuesday off I-95 on Tuesday night. Colleton County deputies were called to […]
Man charged with attempted murder, trafficking after shooting victim
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A Ladson man accused of shooting a victim in the head was arrested Tuesday and booked on several charges, including trafficking and attempted murder. Anthony Curtis Waldron, Jr., 36, was charged with trafficking fentanyl 4 grams or more, two counts of possession of controlled substance, attempted murder, possession of a […]
Meet the candidates running for Dorchester County Sheriff
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) — Voters in Dorchester County will elect a new sheriff in November, marking the first change in leadership at the agency in over a decade. The race is between Democrat Charles T. Frederick III and Republican Sam Richardson. Both are vying to replace outgoing Sheriff L.C. Knight, who opted not to […]
Traffic checkpoints planned in Colleton County for Friday evening
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Law enforcement will conduct traffic safety checkpoints in Colleton County this week as they work to lower the number of traffic-related deaths in the state. South Carolina Department of Public Safety data shows that the Palmetto State recorded 809 traffic-related fatalities in 2023. As of October 1, that number for […]
Condemned South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A condemned South Carolina inmate chose Friday to be executed by lethal injection, instead of by firing squad or electrocution, for killing a store clerk in 1999. State prison officials had told Richard Moore this month he could choose the method for his Nov. 1 execution. State law had given him until Friday to decide or by default he would be electrocuted. The execution of Moore, who is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop it, would mark the second in South Carolina after a 13-year pause that began because the state could not obtain a drug needed for lethal injection. Moore, 59, is on death row for the 1999 killing of clerk James Mahoney. Moore went into the Spartanburg County store, unarmed, to rob it and got into a shootout with the clerk after taking one of two guns from him, authorities said. Moore was wounded in the arm, and prosecutors said his blood was found on Mahoney’s body as he stepped over the clerk, looking for cash.