The Sumter Coroner's Office identified the child as 12-year-old Tony "TJ" Darrisaw.
Quentin Patrick, 22,has been arrested in what police are referring to as an attempted murder.Investigators have arrested a woman who lives with Patrick and charged her with obstruction of justice. Police say 19-year-old Ericka Patrice Pee, and her two-year-old daughter tried to leave the home with Patrck after the shooting. Investigators say Pee and Patrick took $7500 in bundled cash from the home. Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson saysfather Freddie Grinnell and three of his children were trick-or-treatingFriday night when the shooting occurred. The Grinnell family had just finished trick-or-treating at a cityofSumtersponsored event, when they decided to make a couple of stops in their neighborhood before they retired for the night. Chief Patterson says the family stopped at the home on Wise Drive around 8:30 p.m., where the porch light was lit. Investigators say Freddie Grinnell and three of the couple's four children left toknock on the door, while mother Daphne and a son stayed inside the car. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As the family made their way to the door of the home, they could hear what theythought were fireworks. They say TJ Darrisaw,Freddie Grinnellanda nine-year-old sonwere each struck by the gunfire. "The children were celebrating the traditional Halloween trick or treat and were attempting to knock on doors for candies when Quentin Patrck opened ire on them," says Patterson. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Investigators say Patrick told them that he could see people wearing masks on his front porch, one of which was Darrisaw. Patrick told police that he had been shot before and wasn't going to be shot again. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">That's when Patterson said Patrick opened fire on the family with an AK-47 assault rifle, unloading over 29 rounds in the assault. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Darrisaw died at the hospital, Moore said.Grinnell and one child were injured,and have each been released from the hospital. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"It's very shocking that something like this would happen and especiallly to kids who were trick or treating. You just wouldn't think about something like that happening," says Nell Welch, a neighbor of the suspect. Darrisaw and his brothers knocked on her door, just before heading to Patrick's house. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"They had real nice manners. They said thank you and sounded real sweet," she says. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It's hard news for even a seasoned law enforcement officer like Patterson. "The loss of a bright young man whose life was snuffed out for no apparent reason," she describes the situation. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Patrick is being detained at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, and is charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of assault and battery with intent to kill. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Jail officialssayPatrickmost likely will not appear in front of a judge until sometime this upcoming week. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Pattersonsaid there were other people inside the home at the time of the shooting, but she didn't expect any of them to be charged. Patterson did say that Patrick "is known to law enforcment," and was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, making Patrick aconvicted felon. P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">According to South Carolina law, convicted felons are prohibited from purchasing or owning any kind of firearm. P class=inside-copy style="MARGIN: auto 0in">"The investigation is continuing into what has been a very tragic evening," Patterson said. "Our sorrow and sympathy goes out to this family." P class=inside-copy style="MARGIN: auto 0in">Aneighbor said he heard a loud noise about the time of the shooting and thought it was simply Halloween mischief. P class=inside-copy style="MARGIN: auto 0in">"I thought, trick-or-treat night - pranks go down. Anything goes," said Lenwood Dixon, 49, who works at a hazardous waste and recycling company. "I heard a noise like maybe gunfire, then my daughter saw a bunch of lights flashing and saw some cops." P class=inside-copy style="MARGIN: auto 0in">In his six years in the neighborhood, he said he wasn't aware of any violent crimes. He said a few trick-or-treaters had been on his block that night. P class=inside-copy style="MARGIN: auto 0in">"I'm surprised. Since I was here, I'd never heard of anything like that happening. It's a quiet neighborhood," he said. "You don't see many children in the neighborhood. It's more elderly." />
