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Man charged with murder after deadly shooting in downtown Greenville, South Carolina

Man charged with murder after deadly shooting in downtown Greenville, South Carolina
CAMPAIGN. BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. A DEADLY SHOOTING ON NORTH MAIN STREET. WE DO KNOW A MAN WAS KILLED AND A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED NEAR THE TOWERS EAST APARTMENTS. THAT IS WHERE WE FIND OUR CARLOS FLORES LIVE NOW WITH THE DETAILS. CARLOS, NIGEL CARROLL, IT’S STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE HERE ON NORTH MAIN STREET. THE CORONER SAYS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 745 THIS EVENING. PROBABLY WHILE MANY OF YOU ARE JUST GETTING OUT OF DINNER RIGHT NOW, THE TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF CURRENTLY. AND FORENSICS ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN WHAT HAPPENED. NOW, POLICE SAY OFFICERS WERE PARKED AT A PARKING LOT NEARBY WHERE THEY HEARD A SINGLE GUNSHOT. THEY RAN TO THE TOWERS EAST APARTMENTS, WHERE THEY FOUND A VICTIM WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SCENE. THE CORONER SAYS THE VICTIM IS A MAN IN HIS 50S AND DIED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. POLICE SAY A SUSPECT WAS SEEN WALKING AWAY AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND A WEAPON WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE. PEOPLE LIVING IN THE APARTMENTS AND THOSE WALKING BY SAY THEY’RE JUST IN SHOCK BEING RAISED HERE. I GO TO DOWNTOWN A LOT AND NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENED UNLESS IT’S FESTIVALS. BUT JUST BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, IT’S JUST CRAZY, SCARY, SCARY. BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I COULD HAVE BEEN WALKING OUT THE DOOR AND NOW SOME NEIGHBORS ARE CALLING FOR MORE POLICE PRESENCE IN THE AREA. SO THIS WON’T HAPPEN AGAIN. NOW WE’RE STILL WAITING TO LEARN THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON SHOT AND THE PERSON IN CUSTODY. AND WE’LL BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU HERE AND ONLINE ON WISE FOR. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, LIVE IN GREENVILLE
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Man charged with murder after deadly shooting in downtown Greenville, South Carolina
A man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another man in downtown Greenville. Police said that officers were in a parking lot on North Main Street Wednesday evening when they heard a gunshot in the area of the Towers East Apartments. Officers ran to the front of Towers East Apartments and found a victim with a gunshot wound who died at the scene, police said. The coroner's office said the victim was a man and appeared to have been shot in the head. Police said the suspect, later identified as Ronald Moore, was seen walking away and was taken into custody. Moore is charged with murder and a drug charge, records show. Police said the victim and Moore were acquaintances and in an argument before the shooting. The victim lived at Towers East and Moore did not, police say. More news: Look ahead to your Memorial Day weekend forecastSouth Carolina man arrested for what he had delivered to car dealership, police sayCustomer's second-choice lottery ticket wins jackpot, officials say

A man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another man in downtown Greenville.

Police said that officers were in a parking lot on North Main Street Wednesday evening when they heard a gunshot in the area of the Towers East Apartments.

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Officers ran to the front of Towers East Apartments and found a victim with a gunshot wound who died at the scene, police said.

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The coroner's office said the victim was a man and appeared to have been shot in the head.

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Police said the suspect, later identified as Ronald Moore, was seen walking away and was taken into custody.

Moore is charged with murder and a drug charge, records show.

Police said the victim and Moore were acquaintances and in an argument before the shooting.

The victim lived at Towers East and Moore did not, police say.

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