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A Myrtle Beach man is facing multiple charges in connection with an April 11 shooting on Aiken's Northside. De'Marius Arkie M. Alewine, 24, was booked into the Aiken County Detention Center on Nov.
13, according to a booking report provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office. A man told Aiken Department of Public Safety officers that Alewine shot him April 11 at the Pace's Run apartment complex , which is across Beaufort Street from the Department of Public Safety's headquarters building. One killed, several injured in Edgefield County two-vehicle crash The man said he was walking through the apartment complex when he saw two women carrying a box into one of the apartments and a man, later identified as Alewine, standing near the door.
He said he told Alewine, "Man, you see them girls struggling. Be a gentlemen and help the girls." Alewine allegedly responded by saying, "I'm going to help you," pulling a gun out of his waistband and shooting the man in the leg.
North Augusta woman arrested after allegedly hitting another woman and taking her bag The man then walked across the street and reported his injuries at the Department of Public Safety headquarters building. Hampton County, Va., sheriff's deputies arrested Alewine on June 29 on charges of pointing or brandishing a firearm.
Hampton police officers also charged him with disorderly conduct. Deputies subsequently determined Alewine was wanted in South Carolina. Aiken-area woman arrested after allegedly using bleach to attack another woman Lt.
R.M. Comer and Detective Edgerton of the Aiken Department of Public Safety transported Alewine back to Aiken on Nov.
13. Alewine has been charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison .
Possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime is also a felony. If convicted, a person faces an additional five years in prison unless the person is sentenced to death or life in prison. An Aiken County magistrate denied bond Nov.
14, according to Aiken County Detention Center records. No further court dates have been set..
