On Monday, the Greenwood Police Department said a homicide investigation is underway after an early morning shooting in Greenwood, South Carolina.
According to Coroner Sonny Cox, at approximately 2:11 a.m., the Greenwood County Coroner’s Office responded to Jones Street in reference to a double homicide. Upon arrival, two gunshot victims were located and are believed to have been shot while sitting a parked vehicle outside a home on Jones Street.
The coroner’s office identified the victims as 23-year-old Ariel Mikeyuna Beeks and 22-year-old Kyndall Ayanna Curry.
The Greenwood Police Department said during their investigation detectives learned that one of the victims had ongoing problems with the father of their child. A witness told officials that they heard a verbal argument outside shortly before shots were fired. Detectives believe at this point that the shooting was the result of domestic violence.
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Officers said at around 8 a.m., the suspect was located and taken into custody. 21-year-old Cassius Marcello Broadwater, Jr. has been charged with two counts of Murder and one count of Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime. He has been booked into the Greenwood County Detention Center.
According to a release from the Eighth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Broadwater was also previously charged with possession of ecstasy, possession of crack with intent to distribute as well as possession of marijuana.
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