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2 Charged In Lancaster Shooting That Left 2 Dead, 9 Injured

Breante Stevens Antonia Champion
Lancaster Sheriff's Department

LANCASTER, S.C. — Two people are now charged to a bar shooting in Lancaster, S.C., that killed two people and injured nine others last weekend.

Police have charged Breante Stevens, 31, and Antonia Champion, 30, in the Sept. 21 shooting at Ole Skool Sports Bar & Grill in Lancaster, which is about 45 miles south of Charlotte. 

Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile said Champion was initially arrested Monday after investigators found out he was a convicted felon illegally carrying a weapon. Deputies added two counts of murder to his charges after reviewing evidence in the Sept. 21 shootings.

The sheriff also said in a Friday statement that deputies also linked Stevens to both killings and added another murder charge to his warrants. He hasn't been located and arrested.

Henry Lee Colvin, 39, of Rock Hill, and Aaron Harris, 38, of Kershaw, died as a result of the shootings.

Authorities said four other people with injuries were airlifted to medical facilities for treatment after the shooting and that four others received treatment locally for non-critical injuries. An eleventh person had minor injuries while falling in an attempt to flee the scene, officials said.

"I believe it was one person targeting another," Sheriff Faile said of the shooting. 

The sheriff said authorities believe the shooting was the result of a disagreement that had been going on for some months with one of the men who was fatally shot. Faile did not say which one. He also declined to disclose the type of firearm authorities believe was used in the shooting.

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