Coroner identifies 4-year-old fatally shot on Van Buren Avenue

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston County Coroner’s Office released the name of the 4-year-old child who was shot Tuesday night off Van Buren Avenue.

Merci Watson, 4, of North Charleston, died due to gunshot wounds at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital on Wednesday morning.

North Charleston Police Department Chief Ron Camacho called the Watsons’ death a “tragic and heartbreaking loss” for the community in a statement earlier this week…

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