Police find and arrest third suspect in fatal Beaufort County gas station shooting
Editor’s note: This story was updated Saturday morning to say the suspect had been found.
A third man has was arrested and charged Saturday morning in the June 3 shooting at a Lady’s Island gas station that killed one man and left another injured, officials say.
Dequarious Major, 20, of St. Helena Island, was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center about 3:15 a.m., according to the jail log.
He faces three counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Two other men have been arrested and charged in the shooting that killed 20-year-old Clarence Mitchell III of St. Helena Island.
Montarious Brown, 19, of Burton, faces the same charges as Major. He was still confined as of Saturday morning, according to the Beaufort County Detention Center jail log.
Ronald Moore, 22, of Lady’s Island, was arrested with obstruction of justice on June 7. He was released on a $5,000 bond.
Anyone with information, including on where Major is, may call 911 or Crimestoppers at 843-554-1111.
This story was originally published June 21, 2019 at 4:01 PM.
