21-year-old killed in shooting at party is identified by SC coroner
A man was killed and two other people were injured Saturday night in a shooting at a party, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said.
Tyon Dremetrius Byrd, a 21-year-old Winnsboro resident, was taken to an area hospital where he died, Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill said Monday.
At about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a home and open lot on West Peach Road where a party was being held, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. That’s in the Greenbrier area of Fairfield County, near U.S. 321.
At the scene, deputies learned two people were shot multiple times, and the victims were taken to area hospitals, according to the release.
Deputies later learned that a third person showed up at an area hospital with what appeared to be gunshot wounds that were from the shooting at the West Peach Road party, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office called Byrd a homicide victim. An autopsy is scheduled with Newberry Pathology on Wednesday, according to Hill.
Further information on the surviving victims’ conditions was not available.
No other injuries were reported.
There was no word on a shooter, or shooters, or any motive for the gunfire.
No arrests have been reported by the sheriff’s office, which said it is investigating the shooting as a murder. Both the coroner’s office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are also investigating the shooting.
“As we are in the very early stages of this investigation, it is still very fluid and we are very limited on what information that we can provide at this time,” Sheriff Will Montgomery said in the release.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 803-635-4141, CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIME-SC or submit an online tip.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of these victims as they deal with this tragedy,” Montgomery said.
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This story was originally published July 3, 2023 at 8:08 AM with the headline "21-year-old killed in shooting at party is identified by SC coroner."
