A man who authorities say confessed to killing five people after being high on methamphetamines for days has been arrested in the fatal shootings in South Carolina.
James Douglas Drayton, 24, was taken into custody Monday morning in Georgia after, officials said, he stole a car, committed an armed robbery and fled, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright told reporters Tuesday.
Thomas Ellis Anderson, 37; Adam Daniel Morley, 32; Mark Allen Hewitt, 59; and Roman Christean Megael Rocha, 19, were killed, the sheriff’s office said.the fifth victim as James Derek Baldwin, 49, citing Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger. The car had been reported stolen, and deputies who spotted it early Monday pursued Drayton at speeds topping 80 mph, the station reported. Drayton is alleged to have wrecked and run away, and he was caught shortly thereafter, according to the station.
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