COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody in connection to a fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in the Arthurtown neighborhood in Richland County.
Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call to the 200 block of Aster Circle, off Bluff Road, around 5:30 p.m. on September 23 in reference to a ShotSpotter alert. Arriving at the scene, bystanders alerted deputies that someone had ben shot. Deputies located a juvenile male victim with gunshot wounds. EMS transported the victim to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The Richland County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as Joshua Edmonds, 16, of Columbia…