BEAUFORT, S.C. (WTOC) - The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office has charged a fourth person in the 2024 murder of 14-year-old Jerrieme J. Washington.

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On August 27, investigators served Niger Benjamin Davilia, 24, of Beaufort, with an arrest warrant for accessory before the fact to a felony.

Davilia was already in custody at the Beaufort County Detention Center on charges related to a separate incident at the time the warrant was served.

The new charge stems from the January 1, 2024, shooting that resulted in the death of 14-year-old Jerrieme Jermaine Washington.

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Shortly before 11:00 p.m. that night, deputies

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