A South Carolina woman arrested on attempted murder charges is the daughter of a top local prosecutor.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that Lela Sampson and Jakqui Stewart, both 18, are charged with attempted murder, discharge of a firearm in a residence, criminal conspiracy and six counts of first-degree assault and battery.
Sampson is the daughter of April Sampson. She is the assistant circuit attorney in the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which covers Richland and Kershaw counties.
Police in South Congaree said six shots were fired from a car at a house on Thanksgiving Day.
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“No one was injured, but there were around six occupants inside the residence,” South Congaree Police Chief Josh Shumpert said, adding that a mother was at home with her teenage children.
The shooting over an argument over the phone, Shumpert said.
An 18-year-old woman, who is also the daughter of South Carolina’s top prosecutor, was arrested on a shooting charge. Officers said she fired six shots at herself from a car at a house on Thanksgiving Day. Nobody was hurt.
Sampson was arrested Tuesday at her parents’ home in Columbia and booked into Lexington County jail. She was released on $80,000 bond. Stewart, who was arrested Monday and lives in Irmo, remains jailed.
April Sampson declined to comment to the newspaper about her daughter’s arrest.
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Lela Sampson’s attorney, Stanley Myers, said he is examining evidence. “We will defend her the best we can,” he said.
The State Law Enforcement Division is assisting with the investigation.
