Man faces murder charge in 2022 Bennettsville-area nightclub shooting
MARLBORO COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 23-year-old man on Monday was charged with murder in connection with a deadly 2022 shooting at a Bennettsville-area nightclub, the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office said.
Cody Wayne Erwin of Bennettsville was charged with murder in the shooting death of Lancetausha Pouncy.
The shooting happened at about 2:40 a.m. July 24, 2022, at the Spot Night Club, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies responded for multiple people being shot, and when they arrived, they learned all gunshot victims had been taken to area hospitals by personal vehicles.
Pouncy, one of four people wounded in the shooting, died of her injuries shortly after it, deputies said. The sheriff’s office contacted the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to process the scene at the club.
Deputies also obtained security footage which captured the shooting and the suspects, one of which was later identified as Erwin, the sheriff’s office said. Three days later, Erwin was found at a gas station sitting in a vehicle and was placed under arrest. Deputies also found a handgun where he was sitting, which was seized for comparison with evidence SLED had previously collected.
Over the next few months, investigators made more arrests and interviewed witnesses and surviving victims, according to the sheriff’s office, which said it received SLED’s analysis report this month from the items recovered from the scene, including the gun seized from Erwin during his arrest, which resulted in him being charged with murder.
Erwin’s initial appearance on the murder charge was at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said. During the court hearing, there was a disturbance involving a family member of the decedent, who allegedly became “disorderly and aggressive.” They were arrested shortly after the hearing.
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