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Chapin man arrested for attempted murder after shooting earlier this month

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

FILE – A police car is shown with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The Philadelphia Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, seeking to block a city law that prohibits officers from stopping drivers for minor offenses because the law illegally overrides existing state laws on traffic violations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

IRMO, SC (WOLO)– A Chapin man has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in connection with a shooting earlier this month, according to Irmo police.

On August 3, Irmo officers reported responding to a shooting at a home in the New Friarsgate Subdivision.

Although two houses and a car were hit by gunfire, no one was injured.

Irmo Police said that after conducting several interviews and evaluating evidence from the crime scene, arrest warrants were issued for 20-year-old Maurice T. McQuire.

McQuire was taken into custody without incident on Friday, August 16, and charged with four counts of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

He was taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center and denied bail.

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