COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody in connection to a fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in the Arthurtown neighborhood in Richland County.

Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department responded to a call to the 200 block of Aster Circle, off Bluff Road, around 5:30 p.m. on September 23 in reference to a ShotSpotter alert. Arriving at the scene, bystanders alerted deputies that someone had ben shot. Deputies located a juvenile male victim with gunshot wounds. EMS transported the victim to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.

The Richland County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as Joshua Edmonds, 16, of Columbia.

Deputies were able to identify the suspect in the shooting as Paul Henry and set up a perimeter around t

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