The Daily Gamecock

In Brief: 10/24/16

Man stabbed during Sunday School class

An elderly man was stabbed by another parishioner while attending a Sumter County church service, WIS reports. The incident took place at St. Paul AME Shaw Church when Billy Lewis allegedly began stabbing the man sitting in front of him during a Sunday School service. Lewis, who reportedly has a history of mental health issues, faces an attempted murder charge. A nurse who was also at the service provided aid to the victim at the scene, and he is in stable condition.

SC woman killed at North Carolina memorial service

A woman was killed when shots rang out during a memorial service in North Carolina, WLTX reports. Jacobia Lane was in Gastonia, North Carolina, for a funeral when someone opened fire on the home she was inside. She died of injuries to her upper body. No arrests have been made, and local officials are still investigating the incident.

Drug dealer sentenced for ordering murder of witness

A Summerville convict was found guilty of ordering the murder of a federal witness, The Post and Courier reports. Martin Louis Ballard was sentenced to life in prison without parole. He allegedly arranged the hit on a witness set to testify against him in a drug case while in prison in 2013. Ballard was previously convicted on nine other criminal charges related to drugs and murder-for-hire schemes.


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