BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (WIS) - Richland County coroner Naida Rutherford is releasing the name of a 70-year-old woman who was shot and killed in Blythewood last Monday.

Coroner Rutherford has identified the victim as Maria Canales.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested and charged 43-year-old Fred Gause Jr. with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Gause is accused of shooting two people and killing Canales at a house on Haygood Road late Monday afternoon.

Gause is currently being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

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