Family of Rock Hill shooting victim says shooter was friends with victim, left him at scene

A teen was changeable and killed astatine a Rock Hill QuikTrip, with different teen facing a execution charge. And the victim’s household says the 2 were friends.

Police charged a 17-year-old with execution aft the shooting of a 16-year-old Rock Hill High School student.

Jayden Reid was spending clip with friends connected Tuesday nighttime earlier helium was changeable and killed astatine the Cherry Road QT. And his household members told Channel 9’s Glenn Counts that they deliberation helium was an guiltless victim, struck by a stray bullet.

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The alleged shooter was 17-year-old Carnell Mike. Reid’s mother, Timeka Fladger, said she thinks Mike got successful an statement with idiosyncratic other and accidentally changeable Reid.

Mike’s parents were besides arrested for trying to assistance him evade the constabulary and are facing their ain charges.

Fladger said Reid and Mike were champion friends. And aft the shooting, she said Mike near Reid and didn’t effort to assistance him.

“I can’t locomotion astir being aggravated with them due to the fact that I request peace,” she said. “I person to judge that my lad is nary longer here, truthful I’m not aggravated with them. I’m upset arsenic a parent, arsenic a mother, erstwhile your lad advised you, you should person instantly took him backmost to the scene.”

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