COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the shooting death of a man found in a road in central South Carolina.
Richland County Sheriff’s lt. Curtis Wilson said deputies were called to a home southeast of Columbia around 7:30 p.m. Saturday and found a man lying in the road. He was taken to Palmetto Health Richland Hospital where he died shortly after 10 p.m.
Coroner Gary Watts said the victim was 29-year-old Beethoven Romain of Columbia. Watts said an autopsy showed he died from a gunshot wound to the body.
Wilson says no arrests have been reported.
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