A 28-year-old South Carolina man, Zachary Elias, allegedly killed two people and injured another in a 2024 shooting. His defense attorney blamed his client’s alleged killings on a drug-laced chocolate bar, to no avail.

As reported by The Herald, the incident occurred back on December 4, 2024. At a Budiman’s store located on Cherry Road in Rock Hill, three people were shot, allegedly by Elias. Two of them were killed: 27-year-old Celcei Johnson, an employee at the store, and 49-year-old Emad Thabet Saadalla, a customer.

Saadalla’s wife, meanwhile, was injured but managed to survive the shooting.

According to York County prosecutor Kevin Brackett, Elias, who was a Budiman’s regular, had allegedly purchased THC gummies and a drug-laced chocolate, referred to as a “magic mushroom chocolate,

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