Posted on 08/14/2026 12:43:18 PM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
GAFFNEY, S.C. - Cherokee County Sheriff Mueller said three suspects are in custody following a shooting at a bus stop in Gaffney that left a 17-year-old dead.
Officials said three people were involved in the death of 17-year-old Jomiltron Sentell Fair Jr., who was shot in the back of the head while boarding a school bus outside of his apartment complex on Wednesday morning. Suspect captured following manhunt
The sheriff said 18-year-old Keveon Ken’Dre Covington has been captured following a manhunt that began around 7 a.m. on Thursday.
Sheriff Mueller said a perimeter was set up along Concord Road, Highway 150, Pleasant School Road, and Wilcox Road. Investigators believed Covington was contained within those four roadways.
The sheriff said a call came in from homeowners just outside of the perimeter on Marlowe Drive who stated Covington asked to use their phone and get some water.
Officials said community members reportedly tried to delay Covington once they recognized him, but he fled into the woods when officers arrived. He was located just before 5 p.m. and arrested without incident.
Covington is facing charges of murder and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
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Like someone watched too many cartoons before naming their children.
It’s them, Yogi.
Their entire lives as a people are like cartoons.
.
House of Cards
“ Is it them again Yogi ?”
“ It’s always them Boo Boo”
Does the “Jr” imply that paternity is known?
Let me guess . . . November, India, Golf, Can’t say the rest or you’ll get in trouble.
They are thugs.
....golllll-eee...I didn’t know there were that many
Amish living in that part of The Palmetto State....!!
...or were they Norwegians.....??
It might be a derivative of "June Bug" which is what he apparently went by.
https://www.wbtv.com/2026/08/13/we-called-him-june-bug-students-mourn-friend-shot-killed-south-carolina-school-bus-stop/
Although "June Bug" from 'I'm Gonna Git You Sucka' OG'd. (Over-Golded)
Somehow I doubt that his father was named Jomiltron.
I always wonder if someone out there is named DeNarius. Occasionally they hit on something that has an actual historical origin.
It is all so soul crushingly sad.
Behold the glory and promise of the future.
I came here specifically for the Jomiltron!
Nomen est omen.
ha ha
Maybe "the name is a sign, the name speaks for itself", but that would apply more if the shooters name was Crack, Thug, Cappenurass, etc.
I don't think "Keveon" translates that way, although going forward it might.
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