Gaston Man Charged with Shooting at House with Kids Inside

A Gaston man is charged with firing shots from a handgun into a home with two young boys inside, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Two adults were also at the Meadowfield Road home when the shots were fired into it on June 28, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. The adults and the boys were not injured. 

Deputies and fugitive investigators arrested Michael Orlando “Duck” Brown, 31, of 205 Oak Top Court in Gaston around 8 p.m. on Friday and charged him with four counts of attempted murder and one count of discharging a firearm into a dwelling, according to the sheriff's department.

Deputies say that at about 4:15 a.m. on June 28 Brown fired multiple shots from a 9-mm handgun into a home on Meadowfield Road. They are still investigating the motive for the incident.

Detectives recovered eight shell casings from a 9-mm handgun as well as a cell phone that belonged to Brown in the front yard of the Meadowfield Road home, according to the sheriff's department. 

When they executed a search warrant on a vehicle Brown owns, detectives found six additional shell casings that ballistics tests performed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division show were fired from the same 9-mm handgun that was used to fire bullets into the home on Meadowfield Road.

At the time of the shooting incident, the 6-year-old boy and 7-year-old boy were asleep in bedrooms at the Meadowfield Road home with their mother and their uncle, according to the sheriff's department. Deputies found multiple bullets penetrated the master bedroom at the home as well as the front door, front porch and living room.

Brown is being held without bond at the Lexington County Detention Center.

Anyone with information about additional criminal activity involving Brown 
should contact the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department at 803-785-8230 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.