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Richland deputies searching for drive-by shooter
Posted: 02.08.2011 at 5:45 PM
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Horace Watts  / RCSD
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RICHLAND COUNTY (WACH) -- Officials need your help finding a suspect in an attempted murder.

The Richland County Sheriff's department is searching for 18-year-old Horace Elija Watts.

Investigators say Watts fired a handgun from a vehicle at several people outside a home on Overhill Road.  The shooting took place on January 6.

Watts, a 5 foot 10 inch tall black male weighing around 160 pounds, is wanted for four counts of attempted murder.

If you have any information that may help investigators, you're asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

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