Arrest made in Anderson motel room shooting

Suspect charged with manslaughter
Baymont by Wyndham on Interstate Boulevard Anderson
Baymont by Wyndham on Interstate Boulevard in Anderson. Photo credit Ken Ruinard / staff-USA TODAY NETWORK

The Anderson County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for a deadly motel room shooting last Tuesday night.

Deputies have charged Joshua K Swinford with Manslaughter in that shooting last week at the Baymont by Wyndham on Interstate Boulevard in Anderson.

Warrants state that Swinford was recklessly handling a loaded pistol that went off with a bullet striking Kayla Hamby in the head. She was airlifted to a hospital in Greenville, but died last Thursday afternoon.

The Sheriff's Office says that investigation continues.

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