How not to bum a ride

Leo Mazzone · Mar 31, 2007

If this is a D_B, I haven't seen it.

Guy allegedly stole two different cars to get to his brother's scrimmage today, killing a 60-year-old woman and shooting someone else in the process.
Police found the woman's car near the stadium and made an arrest.

Brother of football player charged with killing woman
The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. --A 24-year-old Greenville man shot a store clerk then killed a woman in Newberry County to get cars so he could make it to Columbia to watch his brother play football, authorities said.

Demetrius M. Pepper was arrested Saturday morning outside of Williams-Brice Stadium, where South Carolina was playing a scrimmage open to the public, Newberry County deputies said. His brother is Nathan Pepper, a rising junior defensive lineman for the Gamecocks.

Demetrius Pepper stole his first car after shooting its owner at a Greenville convenience store around 7:45 a.m. Saturday, deputies said.

The car broke down on Interstate 26 in Newberry County, so Pepper came to the home of 60-year-old Ellie Halfacre, about a half-mile from the highway, looking for another vehicle, Sheriff Lee Foster said.

Pepper rang the doorbell and forced his way in after Halfacre answered, shooting and killing her before taking another vehicle and some items from the home, Foster said.

Halfacre was a retired school teacher active in her church, Foster said.

"There were two cars in the yard that had keys in them. All he had to do was take the car. He didn't have to go in and kill her over a car. It's just senseless," Foster said.

There doesn't appear to be any link between the two victims, police said.

Pepper has been charged with murder in Newberry County and assault and battery with intent to kill and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in Greenville County, authorities said.
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Link from local tv: http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=48294

Angola! · Mar 31, 2007

That is a really fucked up story.
Also, why did the old lady leave the keys in both cars in front of her house? Is this something normal in South Carolina?

Write-brained · Apr 1, 2007

What's really fucked up is if the first car hadn't broken down the woman would likely still be alive ... it's weird how shit plays out.

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