Suspect in Ga. Walmart killings dies after being caught in Aiken
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The man accused of killing two co-workers and injuring another amid a shooting spree at a Newton County Walmart has died, according to the Aiken County Coroner’s Office.
The coroner’s office says Dwayne Eduh, 24, died Sunday at 4:12 p.m. at Wellstar MCG from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with law enforcement with Aiken County deputies and South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers on Friday.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday in Newberry, according to the coroner’s office.
Aiken County deputies were called in to assist which means this isn’t their case, so they don’t have a lot of information.
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They told us they took Eduh to the hospital after he shot himself, but they could not share which hospital.
Three and half hours before Aiken County deputies slowed traffic down on I-20 near mile marker 32 with their lights, Newton County deputies lit up the outside of a Walmart in Covington, Ga. with their lights.
The Georgia sheriff shared limited details about the call on social media.
At the time of the incident, the store was closed for business, with only employees present inside.
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One of the employees — later identified as Eduh — exited the building, retrieved a firearm and returned inside. According to deputies, Eduh shot and killed an acquaintance inside the store: 21-year-old Khalaf Barksdale.
Deputies say Eduh later encountered a second acquaintance outside of the Walmart, who was shot and transported to a local hospital.
The string of shootings doesn’t end here.
According to the sheriff, Eduh drove to a neighborhood two miles away from the Walmart, broke into a home and shot a third person — Akeela Clarke.
“So apparently he kicked the door, and he made it upstairs and he kicked my bed, and she ran in my room. He closed the bedroom door. Akila closed the bedroom door, and he shot through the bedroom door, and then he kicked in my bedroom door that opened up, and he applied about 7 to 8 shots in front of me,” said Samantha Clarke, one of the victim’s mother.
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