State murder change still pending on Chester hit-and-run suspect

The Herald has learned the disposition of the murder charge against a suspect in a hit-and-run case that sent two children to the hospital. A state murder indictment in a gang-related shooting is still pending against Montell DeAngelo Cousar and he is due in a Chester, SC, courtroom next month.

When the crash story was initially published Tuesday, the final disposition of a 2012 murder charge against Cousar and a co-defendant in the 2009 shooting death of Eddie Hall was unclear. An indictment was issued by a state grand jury after the State Law Enforcement Division joined a multi-agency gang taskforce with the Chester County Sheriff’s Office. The S.C. Attorney General’s Office is handling the prosecution.

At the time, Cousar was issued a $200,000 bond. He is now being held without bond on the hit-and-run charge at the York County Detention Center.

Cousar and co-defendant Keith R. Keener are due in court at the Chester County Courthouse the week of May 18 before Judge William H. Seals Jr. of Marion County.

This story was originally published April 16, 2015 at 11:55 AM with the headline "State murder change still pending on Chester hit-and-run suspect."