Four more suspects have been charged in connection with a deadly shooting in November at a South Carolina nightclub, according to news outlet WJBF in Augusta.
Tykendran Je Rhon Creech, 23, Monishia Teria Courtney, 27, Lasonya Teresa Howard, 36, and Emmanuel Lewis Oneal, 33, were arrested about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, WJBF reported.
The four are facing charges in connection with the November shooting at the 7th Lounge in Aiken that claimed the life of Craig Youmans Jr. and injured 14.
The four are facing the following charges:
According to WJBF, Creech was charged on warrants for accessory before the fact to a felony and criminal conspiracy. Howard was charged on warrants for criminal conspiracy and murder, WJBF reported. Oneal was charged on warrants for murder, criminal conspiracy and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and Courtney was charged on warrants for murder and criminal conspiracy, according to the news outlet.
Law enforcement officers from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, Aiken Department of Public Safety, North Augusta Department of Public Safety, Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, ATF Rage Unit, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and West Palm Beach (Florida) Sheriff’s Office took the suspects into custody without any incidents.
Creech is being held in the Richmond County Detention Center and Courtney in West Palm Beach, pending extradition, WJBF reported.
Oneal and Howard were taken to the Aiken County Detention Center, according to the news outlet.
In December, Dustin Robert Williamson, 25, of Saint Matthews, South Carolina, was charged in the shooting, according to WJBF. Williamson is charged with murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a weapon during a violent crime, WJBF reported.
Gunfire erupted in late November at the South Carolina nightclub and the suspects sped away, leaving a man dead and multiple other bystanders with bullet wounds, according to reports.
The shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. Nov. 28 outside the 7th Lounge in Aiken, about 15 miles from Augusta near the Georgia-South Carolina border, The Augusta Chronicle reported.
A total of 15 people were hit, one fatally.
The slain man was later identified as Youmans, 30, of North Augusta. Police said Youmans was hit by bullets numerous times, the Chronicle reported. His body was sent to Newberry for an autopsy, according to a statement by Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables.
The shooting happened in the parking lot of the venue, reports said. There were no accounts of a confrontation breaking out beforehand.
Witnesses told police they observed gunmen firing a rifle and a handgun as bullets whizzed by, the Chronicle reported.
Police secured the crime scene and rendered aid to the survivors, some of whom had to be transported to area hospitals for emergency care, reports said.
Authorities revealed that at least three suspects fled the scene in a light-colored Chevy Tahoe.
It was the second such shooting in and around Georgia in late November.
On Nov. 27, one person was killed and seven others were injured in a shootout outside The Thirsty Turtle, a Macon nightclub.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Jhacaya Mann, 22, was gunned down after an unidentified suspect drove down Cherry Street and opened fire on people standing outside the club about 2:45 a.m.
Anyone with information can contact the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office at 803-648-6811. Tips can be provided anonymously through Midlands Crime Stoppers at 888-274-6372 or via the website, www.midlandscrimestoppers.com.
