NEWBERRY, S.C. — Authorities confirm they have made a third arrest in the death of a 35-year-old who was shot a week earlier in Newberry.
According to a statement from the Newberry Police Department, 26-year-old Marcus Edward Wheeler of Prosperity was arrested on Friday and charged with conspiracy-criminal conspiracy and common law conspiracy.
The arrest follows the March 26 death of 35-year-old Jordan Darrel McMorris of Columbia who was found with a gunshot wound around 9 p.m. on Bess Road as police responded to a shooting.
Following the shootings, Police Chief Kevin Goodman released a statement calling the incident "senseless" and "not indicative of what Newberry is and what we stand for."
The same statement announced the arrests of two other Prosperity residents in connection with the crime, 25-year-old Kweisi Steven Nicks and 29-year-old Jemarious Tyquon Ruff. Jail records show Ruff is charged with conspiracy-criminal conspiracy and common law conspiracy. Nicks is facing charges of murder, domestic violence in the third degree, weapon possession during a violent crime, and assault-attempted murder.
The March 26 shooting also occurred just days after another in the town's Mollohon neighborhood on Pearl Street. There, police said they found evidence of a drive-by shooting and two victims on Thursday, March 24. Police, however, have not said publicly whether the two shootings are possibly connected.
