Four charged in killing of 45-year-old man in his Bluffton home, police say
Three men and one teenage girl were charged with murder after a 45-year-old man was found shot to death this week in a Bluffton gated community, according to authorities.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office charged Devante White, 26, of Green Pond, S.C.; Malik White, 22, of Beaufort; Jamal Coakley Jr., 22, of Dale, S.C.; and Sarah Barr, 17, of Summerville, S.C.; with one count of murder, one count of armed robbery, and one count of kidnapping, according to news releases.
Additionally, White and Coakley were charged with possession of a weapon in the commission of a violent crime.
The charges against White, White and Coakley were announced Thursday night. The charges against Barr were announced Friday afternoon.
Police responded to a call that shots had been fired in Westbury Park and arrived to find Timothy Milliken, 45, dead in his home after 11 p.m. Monday.
“The victim was targeted” by the four, according to Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Maj. Bob Bromage. A Friday press release stated that it appeared he was familiar with at least one of them.
Earlier in the week, investigators tracked a 2020 Black Nissan Altima that they believed to be holding those “responsible for Milliken’s shooting death” and learned that the car was at a home in Gwinnett County, Ga., the Thursday news release said.
The Sheriff’s Office asked Gwinnett County police to help, and officers took the three men into custody.
The news release said Sheriff’s Office investigators traveled to the Gwinnett County jail to interview White, White and Coakley, and subsequently obtained warrants in the shooting death of Milliken.
White and White and are still detained in Gwinnett County, jail records show, and have not been extradited to Beaufort County. Bond is set at $5700 for both. Coakley is being held at Fulton County jail, and bond has not been set.
Barr was arrested Friday after BCSO investigators traveled to the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office in Summerville and interviewed her. The Sheriffs Office obtained warrants from the Beaufort County magistrate Thursday.
Barr is currently booked at Beaufort County Detention Center, jail records show. Bond has not been set.
This story was originally published November 20, 2020 at 10:33 AM.
