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Nine months following a series of shootings during a homecoming celebration at South Carolina State University, two suspects — accused of firing their weapons while on campus — are in custody, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
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Deon David Savage, 19, of Richland County, was charged Wednesday with possession of a firearm on school property, breach of peace-aggravated in nature and pointing a firearm at a person, according to a news release.
Savage’s arrests follows that of 18-year-old Darrell Lee Goss Jr., was also charged with pointing and presenting a firearm at a person, carrying or displaying a firearm on school property and breach of peace aggravated nature on May 27, the release said.
Goss and Savage mark the fifth and sixth arrests — and the first suspects accused of firing their weapons on campus — in connection to two unrelated shootings during a homecoming celebration Oct. 4 at S.C. State. One person, Jaliyah Butler, 19, was killed and another injured.
Without regard to human life, both men reportedly shot into a crowd of people in a parking lot in front of Hugine Suites, located at 300 College Avenue, according to arrest warrants.
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Evidence against Goss and Savage was corroborated by witness statements, physical evidence and surveillance footage, according to a police affidavit.
Four other people were only charged with carrying a weapon on school property. They include, Lucas Shemar Bradley, 19, of Richland County, Treveion James Crawford, 18, of Columbia, Matthew Daniel McCoy, 18, of Blythewood and Jimmy Lee Thompson Jr., 18, of Lexington County.
No one has been charged with a more serious offense such as murder, in the death of Butler, or attempted murder for the injury of another.
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Goss and Savage were booked into the Orangeburg County Detention Center.