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One charged with murder following early morning argument

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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -

Charges have been filed against a man in connection with an early morning shooting on Leesburg Road, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.

Sheriff's Department spokesman Curtis Wilson says 38-year-old David Lambert, Jr. has been charged with murder.

Wilson says Lambert and an unidentified 32-year-old man were drinking when the pair began to argue about a female acquaintance around 2:00 a.m. at a mobile home on Leesburg Road. 

Investigators say Lambert pulled out a weapon and shot the victim multiple times in the upper body.

The victim was taken to Palmetto Health Richland where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

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