By Delayna Earley
The Island News
A St. Helena Island man was arrested Friday and faces charges related to the March 3 shooting death of a child.
Benjamin Shamar Seabrook IV, 18, is in custody and was charged on March 15 with Involuntary Manslaughter, Obstruction of Justice, Unlawful Conduct Towards a Child, Tampering with Evidence and Filing a False Police Report, according to a release.
Seabrook was booked on Friday around 3:30 p.m., according to Beaufort County Detention Center records, and as of Sunday, March 17, he is still confined.
On March 3, Beaufort police responded to the report of a gunshot victim at Cross Creek Apartments just after 1 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers found a 6-year-old child with a gunshot wound to the head and they provided medical aid until emergency medical services personnel arrived.
The child was then transported to an area hospital with critical injuries.
Police issued a release stating that the child had died two days later due to their gunshot wound.
Initially police said that the shooting appeared to be accidental, but they were still investigating.
Delayna Earley formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She joined The Island News in 2022. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
