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August 9, 2015
The sheriff of Orangeburg County says the father of the three children shot in a fatal Holly Hill shooting is responsible for two of their deaths because of his “lifestyle.”
Sheriff Leroy Ravenell announced Christopher Wright faces a total of five new charges: three counts of unlawful neglect of a child, one count of trafficking cocaine base and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with the July 15 shooting that left two of Wright’s children, his fiancee and another man dead and a third child wounded.
Ravenell told reporters he wished he could say he had the shooter in custody.
“I can’t do that today,” he said. But Ravenell then minced no words in accusing Wright of being responsible for letting the murders happen.
“This case is directly connected to his style of living: drug dealing,” Ravenell said. “He placed his children in an environment that was dangerous. We can prove that he sold drugs from this location.”
According to affidavits, Wright possessed more than 10 grams of cocaine base at the home where the shooting took place. Investigators say they found the substance in the kitchen of the home during the execution of a search warrant and that witness statements confirmed purchasing illegal narcotics at the home. The obstruction of justice charge was filed after Wright allegedly withheld information about the crime from investigators, the affidavit states. The remaining warrants accuse Wright of exposing his children to dangerous substances and placing them “at unreasonable risk of harm” by “using his residence on record to distribute illegal narcotics.”
Ravenell stood at a lectern steps away from investigators who continue to pursue leads in the shooting and a bulletin board of newspaper clippings related to the case. He said he takes the case personally and keeps the board in his office as a constant reminder of the killings.
“This man,” Ravenell said, pointing to Wright’s photo on the bulletin board, “because of his lifestyle, because of the way he decided to live, we have four people dead and one in the hospital.”
Two of Christopher Wright’s children, Shamekia Sanders, 17, and Tamara-Alexia Perry, 14, were killed in the shooting. A third child, an 8-year-old was injured and remains in the hospital. Wright’s fiancee, 28-year-old Krystal Hutto and a fourth victim, 50-year-old Jerome Butler were also killed.
Ravenell said Wright has been “uncooperative” as investigators have tried to identify a gunman.
“I believe Mr. Wright knows more than he’s telling us, which is nothing,” Ravenell said. “He’s the father, and because of his lifestyle, his kids are no longer here. But not only that, why would you not cooperate with the investigation?”
Ravenell said that at some point, Wright felt the need to not stay at the home, but says he still kept his children there.
Orangeburg County investigators arrested Wright on two outstanding South Carolina Law Enforcement Division warrants for trafficking methamphetamine as they interviewed him about the fatal shooting, Walker said, but those charges were unrelated to the shooting incident.
