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Man shot and killed in rural Colleton County night spot

By Schuyler Kropf
Saturday, June 27, 2009



WALTERBORO — Colleton County recorded its seventh homicide early Saturday when a man was shot inside a rural night spot.

Lamont Truesdale, 31, of Jacksonboro, was shot with a handgun at a place known as "Leon's," in the Round-O area.

The call came in around 3:30 a.m. "When we got there a male subject had been shot by another male subject, and he was still on the scene," said Sheriff George Malone.

Elijah Martin, 58, of Cottageville, was charged with murder and was being held in the county jail, Malone said.

While the case is being investigated as a homicide, Martin has made a claim of self-defense, the sheriff reported.

At least two guns were recovered.

The shooting is not being investigated as gang-related or in connection to the other string of shootings in the county this year.

Malone said he did not know if Leon's is a licensed club, but that several people were inside at the time of the shooting. A bond hearing will be scheduled.

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pirate42 (anonymous) says...

DA wasssup with those yahoos out there why not kill off the whole county of cut throats let god sort them out..

June 27, 2009 at 7:13 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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