HARTSVILLE — Police are looking for suspects in the fatal shooting of a Hartsville man Thursday morning.
Raheen Robinson, 29, was found lying in a yard in the 400 block of Jasper Avenue in Hartsville about 9 a.m., according to a release from Darlington County Coroner Todd Hardee and information from Hartsville Police Chief Tim Kemp.
Robinson was pronounced dead at 9:30 a.m., Hardee said. The body has been sent to Newberry for an autopsy.
Police have not identified any suspects in the crime and a motive isn’t clear.
It’s the second fatal shooting in the city this year.
Four suspects were arrested in connection with a fatal shooting the night of May 31 that happened after a basketball game at the Landmark Inn on South Fourth Street in Hartsville.
Gregory Lamont Benjamin, 23, 3117 Silverpine Lane, Darlington, is charged with murder, grand larceny, misprison of a felony and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection with the case, Darlington County Detention Center booking reports show.
Brittany Shantell Benjamin, 20, of 2624 Marcus Valley Drive, Hartsville, and Raynard Allen Jenkins, 28, are each charged with misprison of a felony.
U.S. Marshals arrested 17-year-old Darenzo Trevon “Ghost” Graham on June 6 in Baltimore. Graham was wanted on a murder charge in connection with the shooting. The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office was making arrangements to bring him back to South Carolina on Monday.
A group of men were playing basketball in a court behind the inn when they got into an argument, Kemp said in a previous interview. One of the men then pulled out a gun and began shooting.
One of the victims, 25-year-old Forrest Lenn Royall Jr. of Hartsville, died June 1 from a gunshot wound he suffered in the melee.
The other victim, identified as 24-year-old Michael Leon Jefferson, 24, of Hartsville, was taken to a Florence hospital for additional treatment.
Police responding to the shooting also saw marijuana through a window of one room at the hotel and, as result, secured a search warrant to seize it, Kemp said.
A vehicle also was stolen during the same time frame, the chief said.
Darlington County Detention Center booking reports show Graham had been granted bond Nov. 13 for a charge of assault with intent to kill.
Hartsville police said Graham is accused in that case of shooting at a man through his home on Eighth Street in Hartsville. Investigators had to search to find him after the incident and later located him in Chesterfield County.
The May 31 case remains under investigation.
Anyone with information any of these crimes is asked to call the police department at (843) 383-3013 or the state Crime Stoppers hotline at (888) CRIME SC (274-6372). Callers need not reveal their identities.
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