Homicide death near Walhalla

A homeowner, wounded during the night near Walhalla, died this morning at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. Coroner Karl Addis says Robert Steven McDowell died at 5:57 this morning, and his death is being investigated as a homicide. McDowell was 63 years old and identified in a Sheriff’s Office statement as the homeowner at 498 Quarter Horse Trail. An autopsy is scheduled tomorrow. A second person wounded in the incident is purported to be the suspect in a trespassing investigation at the home. Like McDowell, the unidentified second wounded person was sent to the Greenville hospital.