RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says an arrest has been made in connection with a deadly shooting on Mellowood Drive earlier this month.

Deputies announced Tuesday that 31-year-old Benjamin Hampton was taken into custody on September 29 after investigators received information about his whereabouts near Abbott Road. He is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

The charges stem from a September 21 shooting on the 4300 block of Mellowood Drive. Deputies were called to the scene just before 2 a.m. after a ShotSpotter alert. When they arrived, they found one man with a gunshot wound who was transported to the hospital. A second man was later found unresponsive outside another home and was pronounced dead after being taken to

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