South Carolina man shoots into girlfriend's car, kills her son, sheriff says

NEWBERRY, S.C. — Authorities said a man angry he was locked out of his house after a night out in South Carolina has shot and killed his girlfriend's son.

Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said 26-year-old X'Zavier Sharif Davis' girlfriend let him in the house around 3:15 a.m. Saturday and he started to yell at her.

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Foster said in a statement the girlfriend took her children and started to drive off and Davis fired several shots at the vehicle.

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The sheriff said the woman realized she was shot and started to drive to the hospital, then realized her 7-year-old son was also struck by gunfire.

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Authorities said Iven James Caldwell died Monday afternoon at a Columbia hospital.

Davis is charged with murder.

Associated Press