CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston County Sheriff's Office says a man found shot in West Ashley Tuesday night has died.
Deputies say they responded to the 700 block of Hitching Post Rd. in the Ponderosa subdivision around 7 PM to a report of a shooting, and found an unconscious man in the yard with a gunshot wound.
The victim, identified by the Charleston County Coroner's Office as 22-year-old Clifford Harrison Jr., was taken to MUSC for treatment.
The Charleston man was pronounced dead at 10:28 PM from the gunshot injury, according to Deputy Coroner Elizabeth Dobbins.
The incident is being investigated as a homicide, according to Capt. Patrick Morris.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at (843) 202-1700 or Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry at (843) 554-1111.