Sheriff: South Carolina man, 76, selling dog fatally shot at meeting spot
Lonnie Alford Ray, 76, was selling the dog online and went to meet the buyer on Monday night.
Updated: 9:10 AM EST Feb 8, 2023
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HAWKS RETURN HOME THIS THURSDAY TO TAKE ON THE SUNS. THAT’S A LOOK AT SPORTS. STAY WITH US. WE DIDN’T WANT TO HARASS HIM ABOUT MONEY. ALEX MURDAUGH’S ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES … NOW FRONT-AND- CENTER AT HIS – *MURDER TRIAL. WHAT A LONGTIME COLLEAGUE SAYS … SHE SAID TO MURDAUGH … JUST HOURS BEFORE THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE AND SON. A CRY FOR HELP. WHAT SAVANNAH CITY OFFICIALS SAY … THEY – *NEED … TO BATTLE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY. “THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION ARE STRONG, THE STATE OF THE UNION IS STRONG.” THIS MORNING … LAWMAKERS ARE RESPONDING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. THE REBUTTAL FROM REPUBLICANS… AND WHAT OUR LOCAL LAWMAKERS ARE SAYING. LEBRON JAMES … A SHOT AT HISTORY. CHEERS … LEBRON STANDS ALONE. :08 LEBRON JAMES … IS OFFICIALLY THE HIGHEST- SCORING PLAYER IN N-B-A HISTORY. HIS REACTION TO THAT RECORD- BREAKING MOMENT OVERNIGHT. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING – – I’M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I’M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGISTS JONATHAN MYERS AND MELISSA HALL ARE JOINING US NOW …. NOW, HERE’S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR… TODAY PATCHY FOG BEFORE 9AM. OTHERWISE, PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 76. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 52. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 6 MPH. THURSDAY PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 78. SOUTH WIND 6 TO 14 MPH. THURSDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 60. SOUTH WIND 6 TO 10 MPH. FRIDAY SHOWERS LIKELY AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 74. SOUTHWEST WIND 7 TO 13 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60% “YOU UNDER STAND YOU’RE TESTIFYING IN THE MURDRE OF HIS WIFE MAGGIE AND SON PAUL.. BUTTED WAS ANYBODY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MISSING FEES AFTER THOSE MURDERS” THE TRIAL OF ALEX MURDAUGH IS SET TO CONTINUE IN JUST HOURS. THE FORMER ATTORNEY … IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE MAGGIE … AND SON PAUL … BACK IN JUNE OF 20- 21. HE’S ALSO FACING DOZENS OF *FRAUD CHARGES. YESTERDAY.. FOR THE FIRST TIME.. JURORS HEARD TESTIMONY ABOUT THOSE ALLEGATIONS. A KEY WITNESS WHO TOOK THE STAND.. WAS THE SAME WOMAN.. WHO CONFRONTED MURDAUGH.. THE DAY SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED HIS FAMILY. FOR THE FIRST TIME JURORS IN THE MURDAUGH TRIAL ARE HEARING EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL CRIMES AS A MOTIVE FOR MURDER. DEFENSE: THAT’S NOT CHARACTER EVIDENCE. IT’S ONLY THE MOTIVE. THAT?S THE STATE’S THEORY. PROSECUTORS ARGUE THE ONCE PROMINENT ATTORNEY WAS ON THE BRINK OF BEING EXPOSED FOR THOSE CRIMES WHEN HE KILLED HIS WIFE AND SON. THEY SAY IT WAS ALL TO DISTRACT FROM THEM AND GAIN SYMPATHY. NATS WATERS: THE STATE WILL CALL JEANNE SECKINGER THE CFO OF HIS FAMILY’S LAW FIRM TESTIFIED SHE CONFRONTED MURDAUGH ABOUT MISSING FEES ON THE DAY OF THE MURDERS. SECKINGER: HE TOLD ME THE MONEY WAS IN THERE, THAT WE COULD GET IT ANY TIME. HOURS LATER … SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED MAGGIE AND PAUL MURDAUGH. THAT CFO WOULD GO ON TO DISCOVER … ALEX MURDAUGH HAD STOLEN MILLIONS FROM CLIENTS AND PARTNERS … LAYING IT OUT CASE BY CASE IN PAINSTAKING DETAIL. SECKINGER ALEX MURDAUGH STOLE IT SECKINGER ALEX HAD STOLEN IT SECKINGER HE STOLE THE MONEY SECKINGER IT HAD BEEN STOLEN BY ALEX SECKINGER THEY WERE STOLEN FEES, STOLEN MONEY SECKINGER I HAD THE SICKEST FEELING YOU COULD FEEL IN THE WORLD AND KNEW THAT HE WAS STEALING ALL THIS MONEY. BUT THE DEFENSE POINTING OUT MURDAUGH’S MISCONDUCT WASN’T NEW AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS — IT WENT BACK SOME 10 YEARS. GRIFFIN WE ARE NOT HERE TODAY TO TRY THOSE CHARGES ON THE FINANCIAL CRIMES YOU CAN STREAM THE ENTIRE TRIAL LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE .. WJCL DOT COM. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH IT ON THE GO … ON OUR WJCL 22 NEWS APP. AND ALSO MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE VERY LOCAL APP … TO WATCH ANYTHING YOU MIGHT’VE MISSED FROM OUR NEWSCAST. THIS MORNING … SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON SAYS PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS … BUT … THERE’S MORE WORK TO DO. OUR NIKIYA CARRERO IS JOINING US LIVE NOW. NIKIYA WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? MAYOR VAN JOHNSON TELLS ME … THE PROBLEM IS – *BIGGER THAN THE CITY OF SAVANNAH … AND THAT CHATHAM COUNTY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND HELP. (NIKIYA) WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE THE CHATHAM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HELP OUT WITH?” (MAYOR VAN JOHNSON) SPECIFICALLY THE COUNTY NEEDS TO PUT SKIN IN THE GAME. THEY NEEDTO LIVE UP TO THEIR LEGISLATIVE RESPOMSIBLITIES AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS. AND BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE RECOGNIZED IT’S NOT TOTALLY OUR ROLE. BUT WE’RE BRINGING PARTNERS AND WE’RE ALL ROLLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. AND WE WANT HIM TO ROLL WITH US.” (:28) THE MAYOR SAYS THEY’RE WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BUSINESSES …TO HELP THE HOMELESS … BUT SAYS THE – *COUNTY NEEDS TO DO MORE FINANCIALLY. LATE LAST YEAR … AFTER GETTING RID OF A BUSY HOMELESS CAMP … SAVANNAH CITY LEADERS PAID FOR 119 PEOPLE’S *BUS *TICKETS … TO TRAVEL TO LOVED ONES. HE ALSO SAYS THE “UNION MISSION DAY CENTER” IS SERVING 200 MEALS A DAY … TO THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS. EMMA BACK TO YOU. WE NOW KNOW IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER … HURT IN A CRASH ON BROUGHTON STREET IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH. IT HAPPENED MONDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY A DRIVER IN THEIR 70S … WAS TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK … WHEN HE HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. RIGHT NOW … SAVANNAH POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR – *THIS 15-YEAR- OLD GIRL. DESTINY DONLEY WAS LAST SEEN NEAR THE FOOD LION ON DERENNE AVENUE LAST NIGHT. SHE’S FIVE-NINE WITH ORANGE HAIR. IF YOU SEE HER … CALL POLICE. THIS MORNING … A MAN IS IN JAIL FACING A MURDER CHARGE … AFTER POLICE SAY HE SHOT AND KILLED SOMEONE … NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS AGO. U-S MARSHALS TOOK QUINTEN JENKINS INTO CUSTODY ONE WEEK AGO FOR THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF MALIK GREEN. CHATHAM COUNTY POLICE FOUND GREEN DEAD ALONG SKIDAWAY ROAD BACK IN JULY. “AND HERE’S MY REPORT, BECAUSE THE SOUL OF THIS NATION IS STRONG, BECAUSE THE BACK BROKEN, THE BACKBONE OF THIS NATION IS STRONG. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION ARE STRONG. THE STATE OF THE UNION IS STRONG.” ALL NEW THIS MORNING… AMERICANS ARE DEBATING THE TOPICS BROUGHT UP BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IN LAST NIGHT’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU THIS MORNING … GO AHEAD AND VOTE IN OUR LIVE … INTERACTIVE POLL AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN … JUST SCAN THE Q-R CODE OR VISIT WJCL DOT COM SLASH VOTE. WHICH TOPIC FROM LAST NIGHT … SHOULD LAWMAKERS TACKLE FIRST? PRESIDENT BIDEN’S SPEECH SPARKED OUTRAGED REBUTTAL FROM REPUBLICANS BOTH DURING AND AFTER. 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Sheriff: South Carolina man, 76, selling dog fatally shot at meeting spot
Lonnie Alford Ray, 76, was selling the dog online and went to meet the buyer on Monday night.
Updated: 9:10 AM EST Feb 8, 2023
Above video: Your Wednesday headlinesBISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A man selling a French bulldog was fatally shot in the parking lot of a South Carolina fast food restaurant, where he had arranged to meet the buyer, a sheriff said.Lonnie Alford Ray, 76, was selling the dog online and went to a KFC parking lot near Interstate 20 in Bishopville to meet the buyer on Monday night, Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said. Instead, Ray was met by several men, who grabbed the dog’s leash and fired several shots, Simon said.TRENDING STORIES Forensic Expert: Alex Murdaugh’s T-shirt, shorts, seatbelt found with gunshot residueMurdaugh Murder Trial: Live CoveragePolice identify construction worker hit by car on downtown Savannah sidewalkRay was shot and died a short time later, Simon said.No arrests have been made, the sheriff said.French bulldogs are considered a valuable breed and can sell for thousands of dollars. A dog walker for Lady Gaga was shot and wounded by a man who stole one of her French bulldogs in 2021. The man pleaded no contest in the case and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
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BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A man selling a French bulldog was fatally shot in the parking lot of a South Carolina fast food restaurant, where he had arranged to meet the buyer, a sheriff said.
Lonnie Alford Ray, 76, was selling the dog online and went to a KFC parking lot near Interstate 20 in Bishopville to meet the buyer on Monday night, Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said. Instead, Ray was met by several men, who grabbed the dog’s leash and fired several shots, Simon said.
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Ray was shot and died a short time later, Simon said.
No arrests have been made, the sheriff said.
French bulldogs are considered a valuable breed and can sell for thousands of dollars. A dog walker for Lady Gaga was shot and wounded by a man who stole one of her French bulldogs in 2021. The man pleaded no contest in the case and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
