Seabrook man charged in Sheldon shooting death not awarded bond

A 25-year-old Seabrook man accused in the shooting death of a man in Sheldon late Tuesday afternoon was not awarded bond on Wednesday.

Dontarious Wright will go before a circuit court judge Aug. 31 for a bond hearing, according to the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office Communications Director Jeff Kidd. Wright’s bond was not decided by a magistrate court judge on Wednesday because his alleged crime is a capital offense. He will remain incarcerated until the bond hearing.

Wright was arrested Tuesday night after he was found hiding in a Gray Road shed in the Big Estates community by Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office deputies, according to a Sheriff’s Office release Tuesday night. He was transported to the Sheriff’s Office to be interviewed before he was incarcerated.

Wright is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to online detention center and court records. He was booked in the Beaufort County Detention Center shortly after 10 p.m.

Wright is accused of killing 40-year-old Lamont Manigo of Yemassee around 5:30 p.m. on Leaping Frog Lane in Sheldon, according to the Sheriff’s Office release. Manigo suffered at least one gunshot wound.

Wright was sentenced to 4 years in prison after being convicted of a 2013 strong-arm robbery, according to online Beaufort County court records. He pleaded guilty in 2010 to a charge of assault with intent to kill and was sentenced to community service time and probation after jail time was suspended, according to the court records.

This story was originally published August 23, 2017 at 11:52 AM with the headline "Seabrook man charged in Sheldon shooting death not awarded bond."