Four Suspects Arrested in the 7th Lounge Shooting Investigation

Emmanual Oneal. Photo courtesy the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.

Date: January 19, 2021

Aiken, S.C. – South Carolina law enforcement officers arrested four suspects Jan. 19 in their investigation of a recent shooting at the 7th Lounge.

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Those arrested include Tykendran Je Rhon Creech, 23, Monishia Teria Courtney, 27, Lasonya Teresa Howard, 36, and Emmanuel Lewis Oneal, 33, were arrested in connection with the shooting that claimed the life of Craig Youmans Jr.

Law enforcement officers from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, Aiken Department of Public Safety, North Augusta Department of Public Safety, Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, ATF Rage Unit, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and West Palm Beach, Fla., Sheriff’s Office worked together to take the suspects into custody without any incidents.

Creech is being held in the Richmond County Detention Center, and Courtney is in custody in West Palm Beach, both pending extradition.

Oneal and Howard were taken to the Aiken County Detention Center and booked on their charges. This investigation is on-going and as information becomes available, it will be released.

Creech was arrested at the Gordon Hwy Inn located at 1520 Gordon Hwy on warrants for accessory before the fact to a felony and criminal conspiracy

Howard was arrested at 149 Horry Street in Aiken on warrants for criminal conspiracy and murder.

Oneal was arrested at 1338 President Drive NW, Aiken, on warrants for murder, criminal conspiracy and possession of a weapon during a violent crime

Courtney was arrested in Palm Beach by West Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office on warrants for murder and criminal conspiracy.

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