WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – A man among five arrested in connection with a shooting at a West Columbia Walmart last month is facing new charges.
The West Columbia Police Department confirmed to WIS that 20-year-old Jalen Jones was served warrants on Wednesday for six counts of first-degree assault. He was denied bond at a hearing on Thursday morning and remains held at the Lexington County Detention Center.
Jones was already charged with attempted murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and criminal conspiracy in the March 8 shooting at the store on Augusta Road.
West Columbia police said officers responded to the store after reports of the shooting, later finding a vehicle with a shot-out window in the parking lot, along with multiple shell casings…