LEE COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities say a suspect has been arrested following a deadly shooting outside a Lee County gas station Wednesday evening.
Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said his deputies were called to the Shell gas station at 1071 Sumter Highway around 10 p.m. They learned from a witness that two people had entered the store and exchanged words before going to the register at about the same time.
At some point, the victim, later identified as 25-year-old Nashon Hickman of Bishopville, walked to the door with the suspect, 23-year-old Javon Malik Myers of Rembert, not far behind. While outside, the Myers walked up to Hickman, pulled out a 9mm handgun, and shot him multiple times, the sheriff said.
The sheriff said Hickman fell down, got up again but then collapsed. Emergency medical personnel arrived and performed CPR before he was taken to Carolina Pines Hospital in Hartsville. However, he soon died from his injuries.
Sheriff Simon said Myers turned himself in around 3 p.m. Thursday on the advice of an attorney. He faces charges of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Sheriff Simon said the investigation is still underway and didn't suggest what specifically led up to the shooting aside from the initial confrontation between the suspect and victim.
The gas station and convenience store named by the sheriff is located just off of I-20 in Lee County and just over a mile south of Bishopville, South Carolina.
