Homicide last night in Pickens County

Telephone callers reported shots fired at a Pickens County home and when deputies arrived a dead man was found in the yard of a home on Stewart Gin Road, Liberty.  The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the coroner’s office are investigating what happened as a homicide, saying the adult male showed a visible injury characteristic of a gunshot wound.  However, no weapon was found at 346 Stewart Gin Road.  Information gathered in the early stages of the investigation indicates the death was an isolated incident and there’s no immediate danger to the public.  Detectives are interviewing witnesses, relatives, friends and acquaintances of the deceased, not yet publicly identified by name.  Anyone with information about the incident should call the Pickens Sheriff’s Office at 864/898-5500 or Crimestoppers at 1/888-CRIME-SC.