A Newsy analysis of recently-released FBI crime data shows felony assaults with guns increased during the pandemic, in the vast majority of larger communities that track and regularly report the incidents to the federal government.  Newsy examined the data for more than 500 law enforcement agencies, covering populations of 50,000 people or more reporting to the FBI from 2019 to 2021, the most recent years data is available. The agencies examined cover one-fifth of the U.S. population. Newsy found: – Nearly four in five of the agencies (78%) studied had an increase in the number of felony gun assaults. – Increases in gun assaults of 75% or more occurred for about one-third of the agencies reporting to the FBI system, including cities like Austin, Portland, Louisville and Seattle. !function(){“use strict”;window.addEventListener(“message”,(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”);for(var a in e.data[“datawrapper-height”])for(var r=0;r

A fourth suspect has been taken into custody in a November shooting incident, Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said in a Friday press release.

“We’ve been narrowing down the location to where this individual had apparently relocated in Berkeley County after this shooting,” Ravenell said. “Once we obtained the necessary paperwork, we brought him back to face a charge of murder.”

The latest suspect is a 15-year-old Orangeburg County male whose name is being withheld due to his age.

The juvenile is being charged in connection with the Nov. 28 death of an 18-year-old Estate Court man who was located in his yard with gunshot wounds.

The 15-year-old was taken into custody on Thursday.

Previously charged with murder in the case are Dwayne Deeandre Smalls, 18, of an Old State Road apartment in Holly Hill, Nasir Raekwon Alvin Washington, 18, of Broad Street, Orangeburg and Jaquail Mack, 17, of Bowman.

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The suspects’ addresses have been updated.

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