Beaufort County investigators searching for suspect in Oyotunji African Village shooting
Andre L. Greene, 39, of Sheldon, is wanted for attempted murder following a Monday evening shooting that injured one person in the Oyotunji African Village, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
Just after 6 p.m. Monday, police received a report of a fight between two women on Bryant Lane, followed just a few minutes later by a report of gunfire from the same area.
Deputies arrived at the nearby Sheldon Fire Department, where a 47-year-old resident of the village with gunshot wounds had been taken by car. First responders took the man to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he remained in stable condition as of Wednesday morning.
Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Maj. Angela Viens would not specify the correlation between the fight and subsequent shooting.
Founded in 1970, the Oyotunji African Village is meant to emulate villages of the Yoruba religion in modern-day Nigeria. Its current population is believed to consist of less than 10 families, although the community was home to over 200 people at its height in the 1970s.
Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact Beaufort County dispatch at 843-524-2777 or the anonymous Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry tip line at 843-554-1111 for a possible reward.
This story was originally published September 13, 2023 at 12:42 PM.
