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A South Carolina woman arrested on attempted murder charges is the daughter of a top local prosecutor. Lela Sampson and Jakqui Stewart, both 18, are charged with attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, criminal conspiracy and six counts of first degree assault and battery. The charges stem from a Thanksgiving shooting in South Congaree. Police say six shots were fired from a car into a house. No one was injured. Sampson is the daughter of April Sampson. She is the circuit deputy solicitor in the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which covers Richland and Kershaw counties. April Sampson declined to comment on her daughter's arrest.

Virginia has canceled a home football game against No. 23 Coastal Carolina scheduled for Saturday following a shooting on campus that left three players dead and another wounded.

Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting, including Lavel Davis, Jr. from Dorchester, SC, were remembered Monday by their head coach as “all good kids."

Thursday, June 22, 7:30 pm: President Biden delivers a primetime address on guns following recent deadly mass shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma. Biden is expected to call on Congress to pass laws to combat gun violence.Coverage will be hosted by Ailsa Chang, joined by White House Correspondent Scott Detrow, Congressional Correspondent Kelsey Snell, National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson and other guests.

Investigators in South Carolina say an 8-year-old boy visiting from New Hampshire has been shot and killed by a man randomly firing a gun at passing cars from woods near his house. Authorities say Quarius Dunham died Sunday, a day after he was struck in the neck by a bullet in Florence County. Officials say his father was driving and was struck in the leg. Investigators say 40-year-old Charles Montgomery Allen was arrested in the woods and charged with murder. Florence County Sheriff T.J. Joye says Allen appeared to be high on drugs and deputies had dealt with him in the past, but investigators aren't sure why he started shooting at cars Saturday.

Investigators say four teenagers have been killed in two shootings in a small South Carolina city over the weekend. Newberry Police Chief Kevin Goodman says no arrests have been made. A 16-year-old was killed first early Sunday. Three other teens were fatally shot Sunday afternoon about a block away in the city of 10,200 people. The chief says the victims knew each other and one teen questioned in the first shooting was killed in the second one. Newberry High School closed its campus and switched to virtual learning Monday as a precaution, while police and deputies have stepped up patrols.

Authorities say they have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina's capital on Saturday that left 14 people injured. Columbia Police Chief W.H. "Skip" Holbrook says 22-year-old Jewayne M. Price is in police custody and is expected to be charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol. Price was one of three people initially detained by law enforcement as a person of interest. It is not immediately known if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf. Holbrook says no fatalities have been reported but that 14 people were injured. Police say nine of the 14 people were shot and the other five people suffered injuries while attempting to flee.

Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack.

One student at Tanglewood Middle School died in the shootingThursday. Police reported no other injuries

Prosecutors say a white South Carolina trooper won't face criminal charges for fatally shooting a Black man who ran away from an attempted traffic stop last year. 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said Monday that Master Trooper Whittney Blake Benton acted in self-defense when he killed Tristan Vereen last September. Investigators say Benton tried to pull Vereen over for a cracked windshield, prompting a chase by car and foot. Benton told investigators he shot Vereen in the chest because he feared for his life after Vereen bit, kicked and used Benton's stun gun on the trooper during a brief fight. A lawyer for Vereen's family says they want the Department of Justice to review the facts.