Police responded to a report of a fight in progress between three middle school girls and another girl of the same age at Lorick Park on Tuesday. The victim told the police that she had been approached at the park by three other girls, who had a problem with her for an unknown reason. The suspects, two of whom go to school with the victim, started hitting and kicking her and knocked her to the ground. They continued to hit and kick the victim for a short while after she fell before running away. At the request of her mother, the victim was taken to Palmetto Health Richland for treatment.
Police responded to a call Wednesday from a woman who lives on South Beltline Boulevard, stating that she was in her bathroom and an armed suspect was in her apartment. When the officer arrived, she said that the armed suspect, 24-year-old Tucker Travis, and his companion, 22-year-old Dominque Green, had left. Travis and the victim were previously in a relationship, and she told him that he was not allowed in the apartment, but the suspects came in anyway. The victim had armed herself with a pistol, which Travis took and refused to return to her, then she locked herself in the bathroom.
Police responded to a call from a 19-year-old man on West Campanella Drive on Thursday who had been threatened by a man with whom he had an ongoing problem. The victim told the officer that he was in an argument with the suspect, 21-year-old Benjamin Chestnut, who had told the victim that he was going to go to his house and get his gun. The victim said that there had been conflict between them since they were in a fight earlier this year, during which the victim says Chestnut punched him in the face.