Arrest made in fatal Saturday night shooting

A 37-year old man has been jailed in an investigation of a fatal shooting late last night in the vicinity of South Union Community in southern Oconee County.  According to the sheriff’s office, Brian James Schwenk was detained at the shooting scene, the Little Choesteoa Road home of the victim.  Coroner Karl Addis says James Richard Carlson died of a gunshot wound to the head, although life-saving attempts were made by EMS and sheriff’s officers.  Carlson was 65 years old.  Schwenk was jailed around the 4 o’clock hour Sunday morning and later charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime..  Once arrest warrants are obtained, according to the sheriff’s officer, official charges will be announced.  In the first announcements, no motive is given or suggested. 9-1-1 received a report of a shooting around 10 last night.  Responding officers are said to have gathered evidence at the scene of the fatal shooting.  The incident is described as the first homicide investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office so far in 2020.