Man shot to death after waking to find gunman standing over bed, police say

LANCASTER, S.C. — Police are investigating after they said a man was shot to death in a home in Lancaster early Thursday.

Officers were called shortly before 3 a.m. to a home on W. Hood Street. When they got there, police found two men who had been shot.

One of the men, 26-year-old Shamon White, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the coroner, he had been shot several times.

Another man, 24-year-old Quinterious Truesdale, was flown to the hospital with serious injuries.

Witnesses told police that White and his girlfriend were asleep in bed when they woke up to Truesdale standing at the foot of the bed. He opened fire on White, who then shot back and hit Truesdale.

Warrants have been taken out on Truesdale for murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and first-degree burglary.

Anyone with more information about the shootings should call the Lancaster Police Department at 803-283-1171.

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