WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | Three men charged in shooting death of Aiken man
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Derrick Valentine (Source: ACSO)
Kristopher Reichardt (Source: ACSO)
Michael Smith, Jr. (Source: ACSO)AIKEN, SC (WIS) — There men have been charged in the killing of a South Carolina man left for dead on the side of a road near Aiken.
Authorities told The Aiken Standard that 24-year-old Donald Hickman Jr. was shot several times and was found on a road around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. He died less than an hour later at the hospital.
Several hours later, Aiken County deputies arrested 26-year-old Derrick Valentine, 25-year-old Kristopher Reichardt and 22-year-old Michael Smith Jr. All three are charged with murder and conspiracy to possession marijuana, while Valentine and Reichardt also face an armed robbery charge.
Valentine and Reichardt are being held in the Aiken County Detention Center. Smith is in the custody of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office pending extradition. It wasn't immediately clear if any of the men had attorneys.
"Due to our investigators taking immediate action, persistence and hard work with this homicide, the sheriff's office was able to make an arrest concerning a violent act, and give citizens in this community some peace of mind," said Sheriff Michael Hunt.
It has been a violent week in Aiken County, with four homicides in the past seven days.
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