Man gets 25 years after machine gun shootout with police at hotel

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A man will spend decades behind bars after firing 25 shots into a West Columbia hotel in a shootout with police.

On Jan. 17, 2023, around 12:23 p.m., the West Columbia Police Department responded to a disturbance at the Hilton Inn and Gardens located on McSwain Drive in West Columbia.

Hotel management had requested that 36-year-old Jonathan Russell Saylor and his girlfriend leave the property due to a domestic disturbance…

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