By Delayna Earley
The Island News
A fourth arrest was made on Friday, Oct. 4, in connection to a Sept. 15 shooting incident that left one dead and two others hurt.
Derrick Jerrod McKee of Beaufort was arrested and charged with murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and aggravated breach of peace.
Storm Lemont Zop Polite of Dale, 23, Jeremiah Kieyonte Warren of Beaufort, 18, and Rashod Lorenzo Williams of Grays Hill, 18, were all previously arrested with the Sept. 15 incident and charged with the same crimes.
The victim, Ari’Anna Mulligan was a 17-year-old senior at Bridges Preparatory School when she died because of gunshot wounds that she received outside of the Magnolia Park Apartments off Laurel Bay Road.
Mulligan’s brother, who was one of the other two gunshot victims, was hospitalized for his wounds.
The investigation is ongoing, according to a release put out by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
“We encourage the public to report any suspicious or criminal activity to us by calling our non-emergency dispatch line at 843-524-2777,” the release said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Master Sergeant Duncan at 843-255-3418 or online at BCSO.NET.
Delayna Earley, who joined The Island News in 2022, formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
