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2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

NORTH CHARLESTON — Within six months of taking the helm of the police department, Chief Ron Camacho is prepared to make good on one of his earliest pitches to be more transparent with the public and garner increased tips from residents. Camacho has repeatedly said he wants the department to earn the trust of those it serves. He believes one avenue to build those relationships is by launching the Crimewatch app he used in his previous department.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Ali Rockett |Kailey Cota

CHARLESTON — City officials are considering a curfew along King Street and the city's central business district after 9 p.m. for anyone 17 years old or younger. Police Chief Chito Walker called the curfew a "practical tool" to deter what Mayor William Cogswell referred to as "mobs of teenagers" from congregating in the heart of Charleston's nightlife corridor.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

CHARLESTON COUNTY — The sheriff's office is investigating homicide the afternoon of May 19 that left a 19-year-old dead. The Charleston County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an unconscious person around 1:20 p.m. May 19, according to a scant incident report provided to The Post and Courier on May 21. The Charleston County coroner identified the victim on May 21 as Cassius Grays from North Charleston.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

HILTON HEAD - A woman died after being found unresponsive in the surf off the barrier island, authorities said. Beaufort County sheriff's deputies responded to Collier Beach Road on Hilton Head Island around 1 a.m. May 18 following a report of an unresponsive person in the water. They discovered a 50-year-old woman clad in a wetsuit with a boogie board still attached to her ankle, the sheriff's office said in an afternoon news release. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

WEST ASHLEY — Charleston police are investigating after a shooting at a West Ashley apartment complex left one person dead and two others wounded. Officers patrolling near the Palmilla Apartments on Ashley River Road heard gunfire just before 1 a.m. on May 18, according to a news release from the Charleston Police Department. They located three victims suffering from gunshot wounds. All were transported to a local hospital.