Woman killed and another person shot during two men’s crime spree, SC cops say

Two men were arrested following a recent crime spree where a woman was killed and another person was shot, South Carolina law enforcement officials said.

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Wa-sheed Cloud, 33, and Shahean Whetstone, 32, each were charged with murder and other crimes connected to a shooting, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

Cloud and Whetstone face additional charges after getting arrested by the Columbia Police Department following a separate shooting.

The two shootings happened Aug. 14.

At about 12:50 p.m., deputies responded to a report of an unresponsive woman in the 1900 block of English Avenue, the sheriff’s department said. That’s in a part of Columbia between Two Notch Road and West Beltline Boulevard.

Members of EMS also responded to the scene and pronounced the victim dead, according to the sheriff’s department.

The sheriff’s department said that Cloud and Whetstone tried to rob the woman, leading to the deadly shooting.

The Richland County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the victim.

In addition to murder, the sheriff’s department charged Cloud and Whetstone with first-degree burglary, attempted armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and conspiracy.

But those charges were filed after Cloud and Whetstone had been taken into custody by police.

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The two were arrested following a shooting in the 1400 block of Marion Street, police said. That’s a few blocks from the South Carolina State House in downtown Columbia, about 3 miles from the English Avenue shooting.

Officers who responded to the Marion Street shooting found a victim who was shot in the lower body, according to police. Further information on the victim’s condition was not available.

No other injuries were reported.

Investigators received information about a vehicle that was suspected to be connected to the shooting, and officers soon located the vehicle and then Whetstone and Cloud were detained, police said. Both men were taken to police headquarters and later charged with assault & battery of a high and aggravated nature, first-degree assault & battery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to police.

Despite the arrests, police said they are still investigating the Marion Street shooting.

There was no word about a motive for that shooting.

Both Cloud and Whetstone were arrested Aug. 14 and booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, according to jail records. They remain behind bars as no bond was set on the charges from English Avenue shooting, and bond was denied on the Marion Street shooting charges, jail records show.