Arrest made after man shot in leg

A Seneca man was placed into custody early today in the Pickens County town of Central and has since been jailed in Oconee County, in the investigation of a shooting discovered last night on the Mormon Church Road.  On that road, not long before 9 last night, an adult male was discovered wounded in the leg.  Today the Oconee Sheriff’s Office announced charges of attempted murder and possession of weapon during a violent crime  against Deron Larry Young II of Seneca’s Laing Court.  Young is 24 years old.  At the Mormon Church Road scene, deputies started first aid on the victim.  Paramedics responded and the patient was sent to the hospital.  They received word of a suspect vehicle that had left the scene.