AYNOR - Horry County police say a man shot and killed one of two men who attempted to rob him in his home late Thursday night.
According to Sgt. Robert Kegler with the Horry County Police Department, officers responded to the home located at 3311 Forestbrook Road around 10:45 p.m.
Kegler says Thelton Chestnut along with another man, Jeremy Vereen, 22, of Conway, entered the home, pulled a handgun and attempted to rob the residents. That when one of the residents shot Chestnut in self defense.
He later died at a local hospital.
Police say the resident of the home will not be charged in connection with the shooting.
Friday morning police charged Vareen with Burglary 1st Degree and Attempted Armed Robbery.
He was being held at the J. Rueben Long Detention Center.
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