Person found fatally shot in Marlboro County, deputies say

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Published: May. 10, 2024 at 5:35 PM EDT

MARLBORO COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - Authorities say they found a person fatally shot on the shoulder of a road in part of the Pee Dee.

The Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to an area of S.C. 38 South and found a vehicle parked along the shoulder. When they arrived, the sheriff’s office said deputies found a person dead beside the vehicle with “an apparent gunshot wound.”

The sheriff’s office later said in an update the death is no longer “considered suspicious and the investigation is now closed.”