5 charged with attempted murder after shooting Spartanburg County deputies, officials say

Five people are facing murder charges after shooting Spartanburg County deputies during a chase Thursday morning, according to Lt. Kevin Bobo of the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 2 a.m., a deputy got behind an SUV on Hayne and Springs streets that was stolen from the Marriott parking lot on N. Church Street on Aug. 30, Bobo said.

According to Bobo, the SUV had several suspects, so the deputy waited for reinforcements to arrive before attempting a traffic stop.

The driver of the stolen vehicle refused to stop and a chase began, Bobo said.

According to Bobo, just after the chase passed Spartanburg Industrial Road, two of the suspects in the vehicle fired six to eight shots at two deputies with a handgun and rifle.

Neither they nor their patrol units were hit by bullets, Bobo said.

The chase entered Spartanburg from the county and at one point the driver of the stolen vehicle turned off the lights before coming to a sudden stop at a coffee shop on Howard Street and all the suspects fled, Bobo said. .

According to Bobo, a dog track located two of the suspects and a Spartanburg police officer located a third suspect.

The three suspects were transported to the sheriff’s office for interviews, and after being briefed on their rights, all three confessed to their involvement in this incident as well as identifying the other two suspects, Bobo said.

According to Bobo, the two additional suspects were located later that day, arrested and confessed to their involvement in the incident.

The five suspects also confessed to a burglary at the Smart Cash Pawn Shop in Whitney on September 6, an attempted burglary at the Camp Croft Trading Company and burglaries at Apple Auto Rental on Venture Drive and the Underground on Southport Road earlier Wednesday evening. before the chase, says Bobo.

According to Bobo, the suspects also confessed to two shootings at two different apartment complexes in the city on September 6, and a robbery/shooting at an apartment complex in the county on September 4.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office and the Spartanburg Police Department are still actively investigating these multiple incidents, and as these investigations are completed, more warrants will be signed.

The only incident where all five suspects have been charged to date is the attempted murder.

Kanye Antoine Cromer-Hines, 18, of Spartanburg, Walter Lee Long, III, 20, of Spartanburg, Dorian Samir Petty, 20, of Una, Nyjawon Jaymez Jamaine Williams, 17, of Spartanburg and a minor of 16 years are charged with two counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and possession of a stolen vehicle

A total of 24 warrants have been signed against the suspects, Bobo said.

According to Bobo, Long has an additional charge of failing to stop, since he was the driver of the stolen vehicle.

Both Petty and Williams have additional charges of possession of a stolen firearm because they were the ones who shot our deputies, Bobo said.

According to Bobo, one of the guns was stolen in the city and the other in the pawnshop robbery in Whitney.

Williams was also charged with malicious damage because he vandalized one of our interrogation rooms once he was transported to the office, Bobo said.

According to Bobo, although Williams was only 17, due to the severity of his offenses he was charged as an adult.

The 16-year-old was transported to the Columbia Department of Juvenile Justice, Bobo said.

The four adult suspects will have formal hearings before an investigating judge on Friday morning at 11 a.m.