SC cops investigating if 2 shooting deaths related
Posted: 08.23.2010 at 9:53 AM

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Police are investigating whether the shooting deaths of two South Carolina men are related.

Multiple media outlets reported that 28-year-old Jermel Gathers was shot to death at an apartment complex in Charleston on Saturday afternoon.

A second man was shot to death about two miles away on Saturday night. Charleston County Chief Deputy Coroner Judy Koelpin says the victim was 36-year-old Darron Heyward of Charleston.

Police are trying to determine whether the shootings are related, but didn't release any new information Sunday.

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