AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The last defendant in a trio of suspects has been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of three Aiken teenagers back in 2022.

The shooting happened on June 26, 2022, after an altercation on Wadley Drive in Aiken County , claiming the lives of 17-year-old Willie Garrett IV and 16-year-olds Ivan Perry and Cameron Carroll.

A family member of Carroll and Garrett says they were cousins.

On the scene, deputies say they found the three teenage boys on the ground, bleeding from gunshot wounds.

3 injured in shooting at large party in Aiken County

We are learning new details about a shooting in Aiken County that sent three people to the hospital.

Garrett and Perry were pronounced dead at the scene, and Carroll died later at a hospital, according to author

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