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A South Carolina man was recently killed in a shooting, according to the Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office.
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Cortez Davis, a 23-year-old from Orangeburg, was killed Sept 25, Coroner Sean Fogle said Monday in a news release.
Later Monday, the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office reported that JaShawn Marque Demond Johnson had been arrested in connection to the deadly shooting.
The 20-year-old Orangeburg resident was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, the sheriff’s office said.
The shooting happened off Charleston Highway in Orangeburg, according to the coroner’s office.
It was after 9 p.m. when deputies responded to the area of Charleston Highway near the intersection with Woodbine Drive to investigate reports of a crash, the sheriff’s office said. At the scene investigators determined that Davis had been shot, which led to the crash, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Davis was taken to MUSC Health Orangeburg and died there, the coroner’s office said.
No other injuries were reported.
Information about how Johnson was connected to the shooting was not available.
No bond has been set for Johnson, who is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 10, Orangeburg County judicial records show.
Despite the arrest the sheriff’s office said it’s continuing to investigate the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 803-531-4647.
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