Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Eight additional arrests have been made in the shooting death of a 17-year-old in Richland County in May.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department arrested 20-year-old Jordan Terrell Myer, 18-year-old Kenneth Roger Robinson Jr., 18-year-old Jewayne Marquise Price, 39-year-old Twana Ivery, and 18-year-old Thaiyeah Keisha Keel, in connection with the shooting death of Amon Rice.
Myer is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, Robinson Jr.was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, Price was charged with accessory before the fact, Ivery was charged with accessory before the fact and Keel was charged with accessory before the fact.
A 15-year-old has also been charged but because he is a minor his name is not being released, he is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Two 16-year-olds were accessory before the fact.
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Amon Rice, 17, and another victim were found with gunshot wounds on the 200 block of Greenlake Drive in Hopkins on May 10. Deputies believe a dispute lead to the shooting near Unity Missionary Baptist Church that left Rice dead and the second victim with non life-threatening injuries.
A mother and her three children were also arrested in connection to this murder at the end of May.
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