Man charged after fatally shooting family members in Horry, Richland counties, police say

A 25-year-old man faces murder charges after police say he fatally shot three family members in Richland and Horry counties Sunday.

Matthew Dewitt, of Columbia, has also been charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to online jail records.

He was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center Monday around 4 p.m. Monday after police responded to a Conway residence on Highway 319, where Natasha Steven’s body was discovered.

Steven is believed to have been shot in her home earlier that day. She was 52.

Similarly, Gloria Dewitt and James Dewitt II, also 52, were found in their Columbia area home with gunshot wounds during a welfare check around 7 p.m. Sunday off of Greensprings Drive.

James Dewitt II was a councilman in Atlantic Beach, according to the town’s website.

It is not yet clear his exact relationship to the victims or what led to the shootings.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department have partnered up Horry County Police Department to investigate the killings.

Dewitt is still incarcerated as of Wednesday morning. No bail has been set.