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GAFFNEY, S.C. (WBTV) – There were multiple shots fired and two gunmen involved in the death of a 17-year-old who was shot at bus stop in South Carolina earlier this week, according to 7th Cricut Solicitor Barry Barnette.

On Thursday, Aug. 13, Barnette said in court at least five shots were fired from two different shooters and two guns were found. Officials said ballistics tests were being run to see who fired the deadly shot.

Related –> 2nd teenager arrested after hours long manhunt in South Carolina following deadly bus stop shooting

Around 6:50 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, police said 17-year-old Jomiltron Sentell Fair Jr., a student at Gaffney High School was shot. The shooting allegedly happened near a school bus stop off West Rutledge Avenue.

Sister-station WHNS reported, Fair walked from his apartment to the bus stop and when he was about to board the bus when a male approached him. Officials said there was a short altercation before Fair shot and killed.

Officials said that Fair was shot in the back of the head while boarding the school bus outside of his apartment complex on Wednesday.

Approximately 15 students were on the bus when the shooting happened.

Officials said a school bus surveillance footage captured the shooter and appeared to be a teenager and he ran away to a vehicle.

WHNS reported that a 12-year-old student on the bus noticed a car circling the block and felt like something was wrong. The student said as her friend boarded the bus a fight broke out and Fair’s cell phone was allegedly stolen and then heard the gunshot.

Police said around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, they charged 17-year-old Reginald Louis Barnes Jr. as an adult with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Barnes appeared in court on Thursday where he was denied bond.

According to WHNS, Barnes spoke in court and said he was at the shooting but did not know Fair was going to die that day and claimed he was driving the car.

In South Carolina a law said that 17-year-olds charged who are charged with serious felonies, like murder, or crimes that carry a maximum sentence of 15 years or more are automatically tried as adults. The solicitor could change it the case back to family court.

Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said after a lengthy manhunt on Thursday they captured a second teenager, identified as 18-year-old Keveon Ken’Dre Covington.

Covington was charged with murder and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

According to the sheriff a call came from a homeowner on Marlowe Drive who said that Covington allegedly asked to use their phone and for some water.

Police said that Covington ran to a wooded area when officers arrived but he was located before 5 p.m. and arrested.

In court on Friday Barnes said there was no physical proof that he was at the shooting. He claimed he was not there the day of the shooting.

Covington was also denied bond.

Officials said they have also arrested a third teenager in connection with the shooting. The age of the person was 16 years old so his identity will not given.

Police did not say what role the third person played in the deadly shooting or what their connection may be.

Alex Murdaugh is headed back into the courtroom on Aug. 14, for decisions to be made on multiple pre-trial motions, including one to dismiss the murder charges he faces once again.

The Supreme Court of South Carolina overturned the 2023 convictions of Murdaugh in the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in a May 13 ruling. This court case will determine several pretrial motions filed by his defense team that range from the dismissal of the murder charges to what evidence will or won’t be allowed, to the venue for the new trial.

You can be inside the courtroom without making the trip to Lexington County.

Is Alex Murdaugh back in court today, Aug. 14?

Murdaugh’s next court date is scheduled for a pretrial conference starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at the Lexington Courthouse.

Watch Alex Murdaugh in court today, Aug. 14

Court TV will be streaming live from the Lexington County Courthouse for the pretrial conference. You can watch the live feed at Court TV’s YouTube page.

When is Alex Murdaugh’s murder retrial expected to happen?

On June 29, South Carolina Judge Debra R. McCaslin set a tentative date for the murder trial to begin on April 5, 2027. There are still several steps before the trial can happen, though, including whether McCaslin will dismiss the charges.

When was Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction overturned?

On May 13, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled to overturn Murdaugh’s conviction in Maggie and Paul’s deaths.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – One in every two counties in Georgia is a maternity care desert, leaving more than 180,000 women across Georgia and South Carolina without adequate access to maternal health services, according to the March of Dimes 2026 Maternity Care Access Report.

Maternity care deserts are defined as counties with no hospital or birthing center offering labor and delivery services.

Scope of the problem

The report found 158,000 women and 10,000 births in Georgia and 24,000 women and 1,000 births in South Carolina are affected by healthcare access limitations each year.

Tamara Mason, March of Dimes Georgia director, said the distance from care can cause expecting mothers to miss vital appointments or create financial burdens.

“How am I going to pay for this hotel? Do I need to work extra shifts? You know, it’s a lot and it’s not fair,” Mason said.

Impact on hospitals and NICUs

Dr. Brad Buckler, Memorial Health’s medical director of the neonatal unit, said maternity deserts are affecting their NICU, which has seen a significant increase in volume over recent months.

“Seeing a significant increase in our NICU volume over the last 6 to 9 months — so much so that the state of Georgia just granted us another 7 neonatal beds,” Buckler said. “So currently we are 92 NICU but the state has given us the ability to go to 99 beds.”

Buckler said women in maternity care deserts are often forced to deliver at facilities without the appropriate specialists on hand.

“Lots of spontaneous labor, precipitously, and I have to go to the closest hospital even though they don’t have an OB/GYN or a pediatric team that can care for the mom and the baby — so that number one puts them in increased risk for issues and problems upward towards even mortality,” Buckler said.

Outreach and proposed solutions

Buckler said Memorial Health has an outreach program targeting hospitals and communities most affected by the shortage.

“We go to these hospitals, do some teaching in their ER and their newborn nursery in their labor and deliveries to make sure that those providers are able to provide the best care for those patients locally,” Buckler said.

A maternal care advocate and local mother said easing restrictions on midwifery care could help address the shortage.

“There is an existing workforce that isn’t able to give the level of care that could help solve a lot of these problems,” she said.

March of Dimes recommends short-term solutions including forming rideshare groups with other expecting mothers and utilizing telehealth care options. For long-term change, the organization encourages mothers to contact state and local lawmakers about limitations on access to maternal care.