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Victim in Chapin Bojangles shooting dies, police say

Police say an argument between coworkers led to the shooting.

CHAPIN, S.C. — Chapin police say the man who was shot at a Bojangles restaurant in Chapin has died. 

Officers said Thursday morning that the victim had been pronounced dead at the hospital. He was later identified by the Lexington County Coroner as 21-year-old William McArthur Hicks Jr. of Neeses.  The coroner said he died of multiple gunshot wounds. 

The  "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim’s family, friends and loved ones," police added. 

Police say officers responded to a shooting at Bojangles on Columbia Avenue in Chapin just before 4 p.m. Monday. Officers say they determined an argument between co-workers led to the shooting.

Hicks was taken to the hospital for treatment. The suspect, identified as Warren Bruce Rumph Jr., was taken into custody at the scene. Police say he will now be charged with murder as well as possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

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