BURTON, Sc. (WTOC) - The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect wanted for a murder in Burton.

At about 4 p.m. on Sept. 10, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received reports of shots fired at the Independence Mobile Home Park in Burton.

When deputies arrived on scene, they found a man dead from gunshot wounds. The Beaufort County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 20-year-old Ty Haskell Jenkins IV.

21-year-old Tyre Joe Atkins has been identified as the person responsible for the murder of Jenkins. Investigators have obtained a warrant for Atkins’ arrest on the charge of murder.

Atkins is about 5′10″ tall and weighs 170 lbs. He was last seen driving a 2015 blue Jeep Cherokee with South Carolina license plate 4467TA.

Atkins is consid

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