A Hart County man is in jail charged with shooting another man found lying in a ditch in his neighborhood.
On Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 30, the Hart County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and EMS responded to a report of a person with a gunshot wound in a ditch southwest of Hartwell.
“Once on scene, the male victim was found lying in the road on Sunset Circle, and it was determined that he had been shot by another male who lived on Sunset Road,” says HCSO Capt. Chris Carroll.
Deputies identified the alleged shooter as 26-year-old Patrick Elon Wheeler of Canon and arrested him at his home.
According to Capt. Carroll, investigators recovered a shotgun from the scene along with several shell casings.
The victim was transported to AnMed Medical Center in Anderson, South Carolina. Authorities have not released his name nor any information regarding a motive in the shooting.
Investigators charged Wheeler with aggravated assault, reckless conduct, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
