Man arrested for shooting during Hurricane Helene aftermath
UNION, S.C. (WSPA) – An Upstate man was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting reported the day after Hurricane Helene.
The Union Police Department charged Kennedy Jamar Garrett, of Union, with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime after he was identified as the suspected shooter in the incident on Sept. 28.
Officers responded to a home on Union Boulevard for a shooting victim. Emergency officials located the victim and immediately started treatment.
The victim reported to authorities that he was cleaning debris from his yard when he was approached by Garrett, 'trash-talking.' The victim admitted that he punched Garrett in the mouth because Garrett was asked to leave his property, but the suspect refused.
Following the assault, police said Garrett presented a pistol and attempted to shoot the victim.
According to the incident report, the first shot misfired. Garrett supposedly pulled the trigger a second time and shot the victim in the leg.
The victim was taken to Spartanburg Regional for his injuries, while he subsequently provided a written statement to law enforcement.
Garrett was located and arrested on May 23 and booked into the Union County Jail, according to police.
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Davis said the hotline seems to be safe for now. The federal workers who provided administrative oversight of the Maternal Mental Health Hotline were laid off as part of the Department of Government Efficiency workforce reduction, Davis said, but other agency officials have stepped in to do that work, and the hotline remains operational and well supported. She said PSI's contract was recently reupped for three years, which she hopes will protect them from cuts. But she said it is painful to see other funding setbacks, which could slice into the real progress made on the issue over the last decade. "It's been so promising to see state and health care policy start to focus on this very vulnerable and important time," she said. In February 2025, five months after Hurricane Helene made landfall, the Swainsboro resident, Jelessica Monard, gave birth to a healthy baby girl. With power restored and her fridge back up and running, Monard's fiance visited for several weeks in February and into March, taking time off from his job in New Jersey to help with their daughter. "I could get some sleep. I could pump. I had a schedule," Monard said. "It was easier." This story was produced through a collaboration between Daily Yonder and Climate Central. Climate Central scientist Daniel Gilford contributed data reporting. This story was produced by The Daily Yonder and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. © Stacker Media, LLC.
