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Updated: 4:57 PM EDT Jun 9, 2021 Greenville County Sheriff’s deputies have made an arrest three days after a woman was shot inside a car.Lt. Ryan Flood said Kingsley Mikal Goldsmith, 34, of Greenville, was charged Wednesday with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.Flood said the shooting happened early Sunday morning on Norwood Street.Investigators said Goldsmith shot the woman after she refused to exit his car. Warrants said Goldsmith shot the woman in the leg with a handgun before running away from the scene, leaving the injured woman unattended.The woman, who knew Goldsmith, was taken to the hospital where she is listed as stable and is expected to recover, according to Flood.Goldsmith remains in the Greenville County Detention Center, awaiting a bond hearing, Flood said.
Updated: 4:50 PM EDT Jun 3, 2021 An arrest has been made in the deadly hit-and-run that killed a woman and her dog Saturday along Augusta Street in Greenville. Brittany Langley Lawson, 38, was running with her dog about 7:15 a.m. near the Westminster Church when a vehicle crossed the oncoming lanes and hit her and the dog, Senior Deputy Coroner Kent Dill said.The SUV involved was left at the scene but everyone inside it ran away, Dill said. On Tuesday, Greenville officials said the vehicle involved was stolen and a suspect in the theft was in custody. On Thursday, police said Veronica Dawn Tharp, 38, had stolen the vehicle shortly before the collision and charged her with possession of a stolen vehicle late Saturday. Based on evidence from the scene, statements from witnesses and CCTV footage, investigators determined that Tharp was driving a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer when she crossed two lanes of oncoming traffic, mounted a sidewalk and struck the victim, who was walking
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A Greenville woman has been charged in the death of a woman who was jogging on Augusta Street early Saturday morning.
Veronica Dawn Tharp, 38, is charged with reckless homicide, hit and run with death and driving under suspension, according to warrants. She had been in custody since Saturday when she was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle.
Brittany Langley Lawson, 38, was walking with her dog, Chloe, on Augusta Street around 7:15 a.m. when a dark colored SUV ran off the roadway and crossed onto the sidewalk. The SUV struck Lawson and her dog.
Police received a 911 call at 7:19 a.m. about a collision in the area of Augusta Street and Oakcrest Court. When officers arrived, they found Lawson and a damaged 2002 Mercury Mountaineer. Police found a woman several blocks away who they believed to be involved in the collision, according to a news release.