A South Carolina teenager is headed to prison for killing his uncle while pointing a gun at his head after the uncle reportedly asked his nephew if he wanted to “take a shot.”
Damarion Nealy, 18, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2025 shooting death of his 20-year-old uncle Gregory Johnson II, in Horry County, according to the 15th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office. A judge sentenced Nealy, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, under the youthful offender act and he will serve no more than five years behind bars.
Prosecutors said Nealy was in Johnson’s car when the uncle was firing a pistol at deer in the woods. Johnson handed the gun over to his nephew and asked if he wanted to “take a shot.” As Nealy was only 17, it was illegal for him to hold the gun…