A 20-year-old wanted in connection to a deadly shooting at University Village at the Coast turned himself into Horry County Police, according to a department spokesman.
Dequan Rashad Wilson, of Hemingway, was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 12:01 a.m. Thursday on a murder charge. Officials at J. Reuben Long Detention Center tell News13 Wilson has not had his first appearance before a judge.
According to Sgt. Thomas DelPercia with the Horry County Police Department, police responded to University Village at the Coast around 3:40 a.m. Monday morning. That apartment complex is located on Chanticleer Village Drive, near Carolina Forest High School on Gardner Lacy Road.
The incident report from Horry County Police states the emergency caller claimed his brother had been assaulted and was laying on the ground outside of the apartment building. A second caller reported to officials that the victim had been pushed off of an apartment balcony and his head “cracked” against the ground.
Lt. Denis with Horry County Police states, however, that they do not believe Kristen Jetel Rekeem Williams, 19, of Conway, died from being pushed from a balcony.
Horry County Police dispatch logs stated the caller reported his brother was laying on the ground outside the building and appeared to be beaten up. The logs go on to state the emergency caller was “acting a little weird when answering questions and pausing a long time before answering.”
After two minutes into the 911 call, the emergency caller, who identified himself as the Williams’ brother, hung up. The dispatcher called the number back and the emergency caller claimed he hung up because he was “going to get his cousin and people.”
After being unable to give dispatch a clear address, the emergency caller disconnects from the 911 dispatcher again.
Police state within the incident report that when officers arrived an aggravated group of six to eight people questioned what took officers so long to arrive. The responding officer explained that the first emergency caller gave dispatch the wrong address and officers had to be rerouted to the correct location.
Officers document that they asked everyone to clear from around Williams’ body. The officer was unable to find a pulse and advised all other responding units that they were now working with a crime scene. There was no blood coming from the back of the Williams’ head, according to the report.
