DARLINGTON — Deputies are investigating the shooting death early Saturday morning at a Darlington County club, Darlington County Chief Deputy Sheriff Tom Gainey said.
Roosevelt Patterson, 36, of Darlington was pronounced dead at a local hospital as a result of a gunshot wound, according to a press release issued Saturday by Darlington County Coroner Todd Hardee.
The incident began during an altercation inside the Gold Rush on U.S. 52 North, he said.
The victim was gunned down in the parking lot.
Deputies arrested 25-year-old Anthony Edwards of Hartsville and charged him with murder. Edwards is being held at the Darlington County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing before a circuit court judge.

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