Police charge man with attempted murder after shooting in Rock Hill

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Police have arrested a man accused of shooting another man and firing at multiple houses in Rock Hill Tuesday.

It began just after 5:30 p.m. at a home in the 200 block of Robinson Street.

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Officers with the Rock Hill Police Department said the suspect, Semaj Malik Bernard Evans, was arguing with the victim, when Evans pulled out a gun and shot him. Evans fled the scene before investigators arrived.

Police charge man with attempted murder after shooting in Rock Hill (Rock Hill Police Department)

Responding officers found a 25-year-old man with several gunshot wounds. He was transported to Piedmont Medical Center and treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

After a brief foot chase, police said they arrested Evans at a home on Carolina Avenue and recovered a handgun.

The 21-year-old was charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, unlawful carrying of a handgun, and two counts of discharging a firearm into a dwelling for hitting two homes with gunfire during the incident.

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