BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Beaufort County deputies have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the 2024 death of a 14-year-old boy.

Niger Benjamin Davilia, 24, is charged with accessory before the fact to a felony, deputies say. Davilia was already in custody at the Beaufort County Detention Center on charges related to a December 2024 incident when deputies served the new warrant.

The charge stems from the Jan. 1, 2024, shooting that killed Jerrieme Jermaine Washington, 14. Deputies responded to a report of gunfire shortly before 11 p.m. that night on Castle Rock Road in Burton.

Deputies said Washington, who had been playing video games inside his home when the shots were fired from the roadway, was struck and killed . Besides hitting the home, bullets struck a vehicle par

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