By Mike McCombs
The Island News
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s (SLED) Forensic Art Unit has completed a composite sketch of one of the individuals involved in an attempted car theft and attempted murder in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 21 at Abberly Pointe Apartment complex in Port Royal.
The Port Royal Police Department is asking anyone with information about the crime or who may be able to identify the individual to contact Detective Sgt. Norman McCown at 843-986-2220 or file an anonymous tip at https://www.portroyal.org/285/Submit-a-Police-Report. Please reference Case No.
23PR25859.
Officers were dispatched at 1:11 a.m., to the Abberly Pointe Apartment complex for a report of a gunshot victim. There they found a 23-year-old male victim in the parking lot of the complex with serious injuries.
Officers and firefighters rendered aid to the victim, and he was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital before being flown to MUSC in Charleston for treatment. Capt. John Griffith, Port Royal Police spokesperson, said last week that the victim survived the attack and expected to recover.
“He is fine and is going to make a recovery,” Griffith said. “He’s going to survive his injuries.”
According to investigators, the victim heard the sound of his vehicle starting and rushed to the parking lot to find individuals in his vehicle trying to drive away in it. The victim confronted the suspects and a physical altercation ensued.
The suspects then shot at the victim striking him multiple times before fleeing the scene in a dark colored sedan.
Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
