Coroner identifies Conway man killed in Waffle House shooting, one person charged
A 34-year-old Conway man died following a shooting incident at a Waffle House in his home city, according to the Horry County Coroner’s Office, and Conway police have charged a suspect who is in custody.
The coroner’s office said Tuesday afternoon that Branden Harshaw died from injuries sustained in the shooting at Conway Medical Center, where he was taken following the incident, at 2:59 a.m.
Chancey Rashon Deval Hickman, 23, of Loris, has been charged with voluntary manslaught in connection to the incident.
Conway police responded to a shots fired call at the Waffle House on Highway 501 and El Bethel Road around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Chief Dale Long told news outlets.
Hickman had been asked to leave, which resulted in a verbal dispute that led to a fight in which Hickman fired a weapon that resulted in the death of Harshaw, according to an arrest warrant. Hickman was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday and no bail has been set.
Long told media that Waffle House employees were neither the victim nor suspect in the incident.
Photos from the restaurant show a shattered window panel.
This story was originally published June 1, 2021 at 4:38 PM.
