Crime

Two more suspects named in burglary and shooting at a Murrells Inlet home on Wednesday

The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office has identified two more suspects in a burglary and shooting of a man on Lomax Court in Murrells Inlet on Wednesday.

Jeffery Devin Powers, 19, and De’Andre Tyrone Linnen, 20, are the second and third suspects being sought in the case.

Powers is listed as a 5-foot-10, 155-pound white male with blond hair and blue eyes, and Linnen is listed as a 5-11, 235-pound black male with black hair and brown eyes.

On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office named 19-year-old Alexis Storm Flores as a suspect wanted for Flores wanted for charges of attempted murder and first degree burglary.

Flores is listed as a 5-11, 240-pound white female with brown hair and brown eyes. Police say Flores fled the scene and was operating a white 2009 Volkswagen Routan minivan with the SC license plate tag of MCV 842.

According to the sheriff’s office, the victim came home from work to eat lunch and interrupted a burglary in progress at his home. A struggle ensued between the victim and one of the burglars inside his home and the victim was shot in the lower torso. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Anyone with information about Flores is asked to contact senior investigator Hank Carrison at 843-436-6058.

De’Andre Tyrone Linnen is the second person wanted in a burglary and shooting of a man at a residence on Lomax Court in Murrells Inlet on Wednesday.
De’Andre Tyrone Linnen is the second person wanted in a burglary and shooting of a man at a residence on Lomax Court in Murrells Inlet on Wednesday. Georgetown County Sheriff's Office

This story was originally published May 20, 2020 at 8:50 PM.

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Alan Blondin covers golf, Coastal Carolina University athletics, business, and numerous other sports-related topics that warrant coverage. Well-versed in all things Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the Grand Strand, the 1992 Northeastern University journalism school valedictorian has been a reporter at The Sun News since 1993 after working at papers in Texas and Massachusetts. He has earned eight top-10 Associated Press Sports Editors national writing awards and more than 20 top-three S.C. Press Association writing awards since 2007.
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