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Man dies from complications of 2005 shooting

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On October 22, 2005, David McCray of Wando was shot on Clements Ferry Road in Berkeley County. Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury says he became a paraplegic as a result of his injuries. The coroner says that on September 14, 2014 (9 years later) he was admitted to a local hospital due to problems from his injury. Salisbury […]

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Driver ejected from vehicle, died hours later

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday,   Garren Jennings, 44, of Moncks Corner was traveling on Farrell Street when the vehicle he was driving ran off the roadway and overturned. Salisbury stated that Jennings was ejected from his vehicle and was not wearing a seatbelt. He was transported to MUSC in […]

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Deputies investigate deadly shooting at Goose Creek apartment

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting that took place Sunday night at a Goose Creek apartment complex. According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, 9-1-1 dispatch received a call in reference to a shooting at River Ridge apartments on Harbour Lake Drive around 11:25 p.m. The victim, 27-year-old Joshua Holmes of Ladson, was transported […]

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Coroner: Contractor killed by car while trying to avoid falling tree

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner, Bill Salisbury,  on April 6, 2014, at 11:45 a.m., 34-year-old Heath Sutherland from Philcampbell, Alabama was working on I-26 near mile marker 187. Salisbury says Sutherland was working with a contractor doing debris removal from the recent ice storm. The crew reportedly cut a tree down and as Sutherland ran from from the […]