Police: 17-year-old charged with murder after fight turns to deadly shooting in Mullins

Editor’s note: The murder charge against the person in this story was dropped in 2025.

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MULLINS, S.C. (WMBF) - A fight between two teenagers turned deadly in part of the Pee Dee on Wednesday.

Capt. Philip Mostowski with the Mullins Police Department confirmed to WMBF News that an altercation resulted in a deadly shooting in the area of Mayers Street.

He added that the suspect, later identified as 17-year-old Joseph Jones, turned himself in early Thursday. Online records show he was booked into the Marion County Detention Center and charged with murder.

During a hearing later in the afternoon, Mostowski said Jones’s bond was deferred to a circuit court judge.

Mostowski added that the shooting victim was also a 17-year-old.

Jones remains at the Marion County Detention Center as of Thursday afternoon.

No further details were immediately available.

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