2 adults, 1 juvenile dead in what South Carolina deputies are calling triple homicide (2024)

IS WYFF NEWS FOUR TODAY. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES WORK AND THEY SAVE LIVES. A NEW SOUTH CAROLINA LAW REQUIRING THOSE DEVICES IN CERTAIN VEHICLES WHILE WHY SOME SAY THEY ARE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER. PLUS A MAN BEHIND BARS IN A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. DEPUTIES WORKING FOR HOURS TRACKING DOWN A SUSPECT AND WE’RE ALSO TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MOUNTAINS TO MAIN STREET HALF MARATHON AND FIVE K. LOOK AT ALL THESE FOLKS RUNNING, WALKING WHO? THIS GUY KNOWS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. HE’S JUST WALKING RIGHT NOW. NOW, THIS 13.1 MILE MILE MARATHON BEGINS IN TRAVELERS REST. IT FINISHES IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. THE FIVE K STARTS RIGHT WHERE LAUREN FLEMING IS RIGHT NOW. THAT’S OUR PHOTOJOURNALIST. IT’S AT THE SWAMP RABBIT CAFE. THAT ONE ALSO ENDS IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. THAT RACE JUST STARTED MOMENTS AGO. WE’RE SEEING DOZENS OF PEOPLE, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, PASSING THE CAMERA RIGHT NOW. GOOD LUCK GUYS. I HOPE YOU FINISH STRONG. YOU GOT THIS THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. I’M PEYTON FURTADO WE HAVE HAD SOME INCLEMENT WEATHER TO FOLLOW UP ON. TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR HILTON GREENVILLE SKY CAM. RIGHT NOW WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY RAIN RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS GOOD. APPARENTLY IT’S TEMPORARY. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVERAGE RIGHT NOW. 66 DEGREES FEELS LIKE 66. WE HAVE SYDNEY SULLIVAN IN THE STUDIO WITH US TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. SYDNEY, YOU TOLD ME EARLIER, I NEED TO BRING MY UMBRELLA. I REALLY WISH THAT WASN’T THE CASE TODAY. I, I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE DODGING SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS, BUT HEY, GOOD NEWS IS FOR THOSE RUNNERS OUT THERE AND REALLY A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE TODAY, IF YOU GO EARLIER IN THE DAY, THINGS ARE LOOKING NICE AND QUIET. SO BIG PICTURE HERE. WE’VE GOT THIS MOISTURE OFF TO OUR SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THIS IS BRINGING QUITE A BIT OF STRONGER STORM STORMS TOWARDS MACON AND NOW APPROACHING AUGUSTA. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT GRADUALLY LIFTS INTO THE CAROLINAS, THAT WILL START TO IMPACT US LATER TODAY IN PARTICULAR, ESPECIALLY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. FOR THE TIME BEING, THOUGH, WE’RE MAINLY DRY. A FEW SPOTTY SPRINKLES PEPPERED IN HERE, MAINLY TOWARDS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF TOCCOA AND HARTWELL GREENWOOD. YOU’VE SEEN A SPOTTY SPRINKLE OR TWO, BUT THAT’S ABOUT THE EXTENT OF IT. THE CLOUDS ARE LOCKED IN AS WELL AS THE FOG BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN A FEW LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY CULLOWHEE. LESS THAN HALF A MILE VISIBILITY THERE, ALSO SEEING SOME LOW VISIBILITY TOWARDS TOCCOA. WALHALLA DOWN TOWARDS ELBERTON. EVEN OUR FRIENDS IN SPARTANBURG, PICKENS, LAWRENCE, UNION, A LITTLE BIT OF FOG AND LOW VISIBILITY THERE AS WELL. SO TAKE IT SLOW OUT ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, YOU DON’T NEED THE UMBRELLA, YOU’LL NEED IT LATER AND YOU DON’T NEED A HEAVY JACKET BY ANY MEANS. TEMPERATURES. NICE AND COMFORTABLE. SITTING MAINLY IN THE 60S, A LITTLE BIT ON THE MUGGY SIDE THOUGH, AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE TODAY, MOVING INTO TOMORROW. BUT OUR HIGHS WILL ONLY BE TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 70S. BUT THAT IS GOING TO COME WITH INCREASING RAIN CHANCES, ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. EVEN THAT POTENTIAL FOR SEEING SOME STRONGER STORMS. SO COMING UP, I’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST. PEYTON. THANK YOU. SYDNEY. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AFTER ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN A SHOOTING. NOW, THIS WAS AT OLD BUNCOMBE ROAD. DEPUTIES ARRIVED AND FOUND A MAN WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND. THEY SAY HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT WE DON’T KNOW HOW HE’S DOING RIGHT NOW. STAY WITH US AS WE WORK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT AND GREENVILLE CITY’S PROPOSED BUDGET COULD MEAN UPGRADES TO ITS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. IT ALSO INCLUDES REPLACING AN OLD FIRE STATION IN OUR REY LLERENA HAS THAT STORY. THE CITY OF GREENVILLE SAYS ITS PROPOSED BUDGET WILL LOOK TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY. THE MORE THAN $270 MILLION BUDGET PASSED ITS FIRST READING ON MONDAY. IT WILL NOT REQUIRE A MILLAGE INCREASE AND WILL PAY FOR A $6 MILLION REPLACEMENT FOR THE STONE AVENUE FIRE STATION. SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES STATION IS THE SIZE OF THE STATION AND LOCATION. BECAUSE THIS STATION, THE HEIGHT OF THE DOORS IS A CHALLENGE FOR US, THE NEW APPARATUS IS LARGER AND BIGGER. THERE ARE THESE DOORS ARE VERY LOW, SO IT BECOMES CHALLENGING. THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS TRAFFIC. THE FIRE STATION WILL MOVE UP THE HILL WITH A NEW ENTRANCE ONTO PARK AVENUE. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO OTHER FIRE STATIONS AND AN UPGRADED DISPATCH SYSTEM. A SYSTEM CALLED PURVIS THAT ALLOWS OUR DISPATCHERS AND OTHER DISPATCHERS TO SET ALERTS OFF FOR AUTOMATIC AID PARTNERS SO WE CAN QUICKER GET THE CALLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND CITY. GREENVILLE POLICE WILL ADD A TOTAL OF SEVEN OFFICERS AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. WE JUST ADDED CHERRYDALE AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THAT’S OVER 90 ACRES OF PROPERTY OVER THERE IS A BIG HUNK OF 291 PLEASANTBURG DRIVE. SO WE NEED TO ADD SOME OFFICERS OVER THERE TO HELP COVER THAT AREA, AND SOME TRAFFIC OFFICERS TO HELP COVER THE TRAFFIC. THE CHIEF SAYS THE DEPARTMENT WILL ADD TWO OFFICERS DEDICATED TO THE CITY’S PARKS. ALSO INCLUDED OUR NEW BODY CAMERAS FOR OFFICERS THAT ALLOW SUPERVISORS TO MONITOR WHAT’S GOING ON, BECAUSE THE SUPERVISOR CAN THEN SEND THEM RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. DO THEY NEED FIRE DEPARTMENT EMS? DO THEY NEED MORE OFFICERS? THAT WAS OUR REY LLERENA REPORTING. THE NEW FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION COULD START LATER THIS YEAR, AND A SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THAT CITY BUDGET IS EXPECTED MONDAY. HEADING NOW TO ANDERSON COUNTY, WE HAVE THE LATEST ON A WOMAN’S DEATH AS SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK. ANDERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY DEREK SNYDER IS IN JAIL IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA. THIS MORNING. HE WAS ARRESTED JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER THE MURDER OF 36 YEAR OLD KATIE BROOKE JONES. DEPUTIES SAY JONES WAS JUST IN HER CAR IN A PARKING LOT ON EXCHANGE LOGISTICS PARK DRIVE IN PIEDMONT WHEN SHE WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. SHE UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT MAKE IT SO. THE CORONER HAS NOW NOTIFIED THE FAMILY. WE OBVIOUSLY SAW FAMILIES SHOW UP TO THIS BUSINESS IS RECEIVING THAT NEWS. AND YOU KNOW, THOSE CRIES THAT THAT SADNESS, THAT HEARTBREAK THAT DRIVES OUR DETECTIVES FURTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO OVER EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE. DEPUTIES SAY JONES WORKED AT NCTC AND SNYDER WAS AN EMPLOYEE THERE JUST WEEKS BEFORE. A MOTIVE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AT THIS POINT. SNYDER WILL BE EXTRADITED BACK TO ANDERSON COUNTY AND A WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILDERNESS CAMP WILL HAVE ITS LICENSE REVOKED BY THE STATE AFTER A 12 YEAR OLD BOY DIED THERE. TRAILS CAROLINA IS A WILDERNESS THERAPY CAMP IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. IN A LETTER TO THE CAMP’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAID TRAILS CAROLINA FAILED TO COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND ITS LICENSE TO OPERATE WOULD BE REVOKED IN 60 DAYS. THE LETTER CITED MEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROTECTION FROM HARM, ABUSE, NEGLECT OR EXPLOITATION WERE NOT FOLLOWED. TRAILS CAROLINA DECLINED TO COMMENT. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE. AFTER A GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE K-9 WAS STABBED. AND DEPUTIES WERE INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING. THIS ALL HAPPENED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SLED NOW SAYS IT STARTED WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND GREENVILLE COUNTY DEPUTIES TRIED TO ARREST JAMES HOPKINS ON A WARRANT. WE’RE TOLD DEPUTIES CONFRONTED HIM IN THE PARKING LOT OF A HOTEL ON WADE HAMPTON BOULEVARD, AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT’S WHEN AUTHORITIES USED A TASER AND BEANBAG GUN ON HOPKINS SLED. THEN, SAYS HOPKINS STABBED A K-9 DEPUTY AND RAN AWAY. INVESTIGATORS SAID DEPUTIES SHOT HOPKINS SOON AFTER THAT. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONDITION HOPKINS IS IN AT THIS POINT. MEANWHILE, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID FRIDAY K-9 MICKEY IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. DEPUTIES RELEASED THIS VIDEO YESTERDAY SHOWING MICKEY GOING HOME WITH HIS HANDLER. HE DID GO INTO SURGERY SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS STABBED ON MONDAY. HE’S BEEN RECOVERED EVER SINCE AND WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE ON A THREE YEAR OLD BOY. AUTHORITIES SAY WAS BURNED WHEN HIS FATHER SET THEIR CAR ABLAZE DURING A POLICE CHASE. THE BOY’S FAMILY SAYS HE’S GOING INTO SURGERY SOON. THEY SAY HE’LL MOST LIKELY LOSE MOST OF HIS TOES AND AT LEAST FOUR FINGERS. DOCTORS SAY HE’S NOT FULLY OUT OF THE WOODS YET, BUT HE HAS A BETTER CHANCE AT SURVIVAL NOW THAN HE DID BEFORE. AND A MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPING AN UPSTATE TEENAGER HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. TYLER BERWICK IS ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR. AUTHORITIES SAY HE KIDNAPED A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM GREENVILLE COUNTY AND TOOK HER TO FLORIDA. BERWICK WAS ARRESTED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS ON FEBRUARY 13TH. FLORIDA DEPUTIES SAY BERWICK AND THE TEEN MET ON ROBLOX. THAT’S A GAMING APP AND ONLINE CHAT ROOM IN GREENWOOD COUNTY. TROOPERS ARE SEARCHING FOR A DRIVER THAT LEFT A DEADLY CRASH. TROOPERS TELL US THIS HAPPENED AT AROUND 620 YESTERDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 185 NEAR HODGES. TROOPERS SAY A VEHICLE HIT A BIKE AND DROVE OFF. THE PERSON ON THAT BIKE DIED ON THE ROAD. TROOPERS SAY THERE’S NO INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE IT WAS. THEY DO, SAY 53 YEAR OLD MICHAEL HAYES DIED. WE’LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU UPDATES AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. AND A NEW SOUTH CAROLINA LAW REQUIRING ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF DUI TO HAVE A TEMPORARY BREATHALYZER INSTALLED IN THEIR VEHICLE GOES INTO EFFECT THIS WEEKEND. THE ALL OFFENDER LAW PASSED LAST YEAR. IT REQUIRES ALL DRIVERS CONVICTED OF DUI TO HAVE AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE INSTALLED IN ANY VEHICLE THEY DRIVE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT. THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO PROTECT DRIVERS BY ALLOWING THOSE CONVICTED OF DUI TO DRIVE LEGALLY WHILE PREVENTING THEM FROM DRIVING AFTER CONSUMING ALCOHOL. MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING SAYS THIS LAW COMES AS NEWLY RELEASED DATA SHOWS DRUNK DRIVING HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE FIFTH HIGHEST TOTAL OF DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS IN THE NATION AND WERE 23RD IN POPULATION, 474 LIVES LOST IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS PREVENTABLE. SOUTH CAROLINA IS THE 35TH STATE TO P