Two people shot at fast-food restaurant in SC; teenager is arrested, police say
A teenager was arrested Saturday and a search is underway for another person after a shooting at a fast-food restaurant in Lexington County, according to the West Columbia Police Department.
Two people were injured in the shooting, police said Sunday in a news release.
At about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to the Bojangles at the intersection of 12th Street and Augusta Road, according to the release. That’s less than two miles from the Meeting Street bridge to downtown Columbia.
The victims received medical treatment for what police called non-life-threatening injuries. Further information on the victims’ conditions was not available.
No other injuries were reported.
Later Saturday night, 18-year-old Marterius Byrd was arrested on two counts of attempted murder and a single charge of possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, police said.
Bond was denied on the attempted murder charges and Byrd remains in the Lexington County Detention Center, jail records show.
Police said they are searching for a second suspect, but did not identify the person nor say what charges they would face.
Information about a motive for the shooting was not available, and it was not known whether the shooter and the victims knew one another prior to the incident at Bojangles.
Police said they are continuing to investigate the shooting.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIMESC or submit an online tip.
Violence at Bojangles in Lexington County
A month ago a woman was shot and killed in an unrelated incident at another Bojangles in the Midlands.
On Nov. 15, a 40-year-old Columbia resident was shot in the upper body in the parking lot of the Bojangles restaurant at 151 Harbison Blvd., according to the Columbia Police Department. She was taken to an area hospital, where she died, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher.
The victim was not the shooter’s intended target, but was hit when the shooter fired at a vehicle multiple times in an attempt to hurt two other people, Columbia police said.
In 2022, an employee at another Bojangles in Lexington County shot and killed one of his coworkers.
The 21-year-old victim was shot multiple times, according to the coroner’s office. He was shot after an argument with a 20-year-old who also worked at the fast-food restaurant at 566 Columbia Ave., the Chapin Police Department said.
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This story was originally published December 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM with the headline "Two people shot at fast-food restaurant in SC; teenager is arrested, police say."
