Coroner identifies North Charleston man, 18, killed in shooting; 16-year-old girl charged

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Charleston County Coroner's Office on Tuesday identified the 18-year-old man killed in a shooting in North Charleston on Sunday.

The victim was identified by coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal as Kiarstaine Fields of the North Charleston area.

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Late Sunday afternoon, officers responded to the area of Arbutus Avenue and Spruill Avenue for a shooting, where they found Fields suffering from a gunshot wound, police say. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:23 p.m.

A few hours later, officers arrested a 16-year-old girl in connection toFields' murder. The suspect, who has not been identified due to her age, is facing charges ofmurder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

She is being held at theCharleston County Juvenile Detention Center.

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