COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Police have arrested a man on a weapons charge in a shooting death at a South Carolina park.
Columbia police spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons said in a news release Tuesday night that 22-year-old Gene Autrey Morris Jr. has been charged with illegal possession of a gun.
Timmons said the arrest came after 37-year-old Laron L. Martin was shot at a city park Saturday night. Martin died Sunday morning at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital.
Timmons said Morris went to the park Saturday after getting a call from a woman who said she was being harassed by Martin. Timmons said Morris does not have a concealed weapons permit.
No other details have been released.
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