Goose Creek authorities: Man found dead in car shot multiple times

GOOSE CREEK — A 23-year-old man was found shot to death Thursday inside a wrecked car in the Beverly Hills subdivision, authorities said.

Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury identified the dead man as Darrell R. Allen of Goose Creek. Police said the man appeared to have been shot multiple times.

Nearby residents alerted authorities around 1 a.m. after spotting a 2013 Nissan Altima partially in a ditch outside a vacant home, police said.

Inside the car, rescuers found Allen lying on the floor of the passenger side with his head under the dashboard, according to a police report. He was covered in blood around his head, neck and chest.

The vehicle smelled of marijuana and a bag with white powder was found lying outside the passenger side, the report stated.

The vehicle had been rented by Allen, police said.

Two men reported seeing a flash inside the vehicle, but thought it was a cellphone, police said.

Goose Creek police are investigating the death as a homicide. More information is expected to be released after an autopsy, Salisbury said.

About 7:15 a.m., a man walked into the police station with a gunshot wound to his right arm, police said.

The man, 43-year-old David Chavis, is believed to have been in or around Allen’s rented vehicle at the time of the shooting, according to Capt. John Grainger, a Goose Creek police spokesman. Investigators are still working to pin down specifics about his involvement, he said.

Officers took Chavis into custody on a firearm violation, Grainger said. A bail hearing is pending.