A Berkeley County jury has convicted a Hanahan man who in 2017 opened fireplace with a military-style rifle on a Sangaree dwelling, riddling it with bullets and killing a person.
Maurice Durell Wigfall was sentenced on Jan. 27 to 45 years in jail for the homicide of Steven Hutchins and one other 5 years for a weapons offense.
Circuit Choose Jennifer McCoy handed down the punishment following a four-day trial, throughout which the jury heard that Wigfall — together with a co-defendant, who remains to be awaiting trial — had shot on the dwelling on Beauregard Street in retaliation, in line with ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson.
Investigators famous over two dozen bullet holes exterior on the Sangaree dwelling of Steven Hutchins, who was gunned down there on Oct. 31, 2017. ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Workplace/Supplied
The 37-year-old Wigfall was charged alongside Joshua Scott Westall, whose case remains to be pending, in line with on-line courtroom data.
Early Oct. 31, 2017, Westall had been on the dwelling when he was robbed of a gun, Wilson stated in a launch saying the conviction. Testimony revealed that Westall returned round 7 a.m. with Wigfall, whom Westall was residing with on the time. Every have been armed with rifles, and unleashed a barrage of bullets from exterior the house.
Hutchinson had not been concerned within the earlier incident, in line with Wilson. The 41-year-old was gunned down as he was getting ready for work.
Others inside the house escaped hurt, in line with reporting following the taking pictures.
13 cartridge circumstances have been recovered from the scene, and investigators famous over two dozen bullet holes, Wilson stated.
A military-style rifle utilized in to deadly taking pictures of Steven Hutchins on Oct. 31, 2017. ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Workplace/Supplied
The weapons used within the drive-by have been later recovered “due to a involved citizen,” Wilson stated. She added that weapons additional implicated Wigfall.
Assistant Solicitor Benjamin Dennis and Senior Assistant Solicitor Wilton McNeely prosecuted this case. Investigator Bradley Fields assisted, the Solicitor’s Workplace stated.
“Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputies labored tirelessly to see this matter via to the top,” Dennis stated within the launch. “We admire the assist of Steven Hutchins household, the Sangaree, and Mt. Nice communities in serving to the state find witnesses, monitor down leads, and current a full image of the info.”
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