AT NOON. WE’RE BRINGING YOU THE NEWS ONLINE AS NBC CARRIES A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS. AND FIRST AT NOON, TWO TEENS, CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO A DEADLY SHOOTING IN ANDERSON, WERE DENIED BOND IN COURT. OUR DANA GRIFFIN JOINS US OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE WITH MORE. DANA: IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN COURT, THE TEENS RACING ATTEMPTED MURDER CLAIM THE SHOOTING WAS SELF-DEFENSE. 18-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY TOST AND 17-YEAR-OLD CARLOS JIMENEZ BOTH SHED TEARS IN FRONT OF THE JUDG BOTH FACE FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND WEAPONS CHARGES. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT AT BELTON WOODS APARTMENTS. 23-YEAR-OLD DANIEL JIMENEZ, CARLOS’ BROTHER, WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THE TEENS ARE ACCUSED OF SHOOTING INTO A VEHICLE WITH 4 PEOPLE INSIDE. TOST WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER. HIS MOM HAD TO SIGN HIS COURT PAPERS AS THEY BOTH PLEADED WITH THE JUDGE TO ALLOW HIM TO GO HOME. >> IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE >> I JUST WANT TO GO HOME. AS SOON AS THEY CALLED ME YESTERDAY AND TOLD ME THEY WAS COMING TO PICK ME UP -- >> WE COOPERATED. YOU HAVE NO WORRIES OF HIM BEING HERE. I WILL SIGN MY LIFE OVER FOR HIM THAT HE WILL BE HERE IN COURT. I’M JUST GIVING HIM COMFORT TO KNOW HE WILL BE HERE. BUT THE SITUATION HERE -- >> THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE -- >> [INAUDIBLE] >> HIS BROTHER WAS MURDERED. >> THEY KILLED HIM IN FRONT OF US. >> AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE HANDS THAT RUN DEEP. DANA: IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW THE SHOOTING STARTED, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAYT THE 2 TEENS AND THE VICTIM WERE THE AGGRESSORS AND THEY DON’T ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL ARRESTS. I’M TOLD BY FAMILY THAT DANIEL JIMENEZ LIVED IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THE SHOOTI HAPPENED. HE HAD JUST LAID HIS CHILD TO REST AND HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER IS EXPECTING THEIR SECOND CHILD. IN ANDERSON, DANA GRIF
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Judge denies bond for 2 teens charged with shooting into car full of people at apartment complex, police say
Daniel Jimenez, 23, died in shooting at Belton Woods Apartments
Two teenagers were charged early Wednesday in connection with a shooting at the Belton Woods Apartment Complex in Anderson. Zachary Tost, 18, of Honea Path and Carlos Jimenez, 17, of Belton, face charges of attempted murder and assault, Anderson Police Capt. Mike Aikens said.Tost and Jimenez appeared in court Wednesday morning at a bond hearing.Daniel Jimenez, 23, was killed in the shooting, according to the coroner. Carlos is Daniel Jimenez' brother, according to prosecutors.One other person was shot and has been released from the hospital. Police have not released that victim's name. Court documents show Tost and Jimenez fired shots into a car with four people inside around 9:30 p.m. Monday. It is unclear if anyone in the car was injured.So far, no one is charged in the death of Daniel Jimenez.During the bond hearing, the teens broke down in tears, telling the judge that the shooting was in self-defense.Tost's mother also appeared in court with her son.She told the judge that her son was shot and that he was also the victim.They pleaded with the judge to grant bond, assuring the judge that he was not a flight risk.The judge denied bond to both teens.Investigators told WYFF News 4's Dana Griffin that the two teens and the victim were the aggressors in the shooting.They don’t anticipate any additional arrests, which contradicts the teen’s self-defense claim.
ANDERSON, S.C. —
Two teenagers were charged early Wednesday in connection with a shooting at the Belton Woods Apartment Complex in Anderson.
Zachary Tost, 18, of Honea Path and Carlos Jimenez, 17, of Belton, face charges of attempted murder and assault, Anderson Police Capt. Mike Aikens said.
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Tost and Jimenez appeared in court Wednesday morning at a bond hearing.
Daniel Jimenez, 23, was killed in the shooting, according to the coroner. Carlos is Daniel Jimenez' brother, according to prosecutors.
One other person was shot and has been released from the hospital. Police have not released that victim's name.
Court documents show Tost and Jimenez fired shots into a car with four people inside around 9:30 p.m. Monday. It is unclear if anyone in the car was injured.
So far, no one is charged in the death of Daniel Jimenez.
During the bond hearing, the teens broke down in tears, telling the judge that the shooting was in self-defense.
Tost's mother also appeared in court with her son.
She told the judge that her son was shot and that he was also the victim.
They pleaded with the judge to grant bond, assuring the judge that he was not a flight risk.
The judge denied bond to both teens.
Investigators told WYFF News 4's Dana Griffin that the two teens and the victim were the aggressors in the shooting.
They don’t anticipate any additional arrests, which contradicts the teen’s self-defense claim.
