From staff reports
A 37-year-old Shell Point man was arrested in connection with the Thursday, Aug. 1, shooting death of a woman in a domestic incident at a Shell Point residence.
Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) investigators arrested Brenden Elsila on arrest warrants for Murder and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime. Elsila’s arrest is the result of an investigation into the shooting death of 46-year-old Stephanie Fries of Lady’s Island.
According to the BCSO, just before 6 a.m., Thursday, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a report of a gunshot wound due to a domestic incident.
Deputies responded to a home on Shell Point Road in Shell Point where Fries was located deceased from a gunshot wound. Elsila was on the scene and detained.
As a result of the investigation, arrest warrants were obtained and Elsila was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Beaufort County Detention Center where he is still confined as of Tuesday, Aug. 6.
Anyone with information regarding this case or any other suspicious or criminal activity in Beaufort County is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s Office non-emergency dispatch line at 843-524-2777. The public can also submit tips online at BCSO.NET.
