Young South Carolina man arrested in fatal shooting of teenager at homecoming party

HARTWELL, Georgia – An 18-year-old South Carolina man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Hartwell teenager.

Jarquavious Demetriun Scott of Anderson, South Carolina, has been charged with aggravated murder. He has been in the Anderson County Jail since Friday, awaiting extradition to Georgia.

Scott is accused of shooting and killing 15-year-old Bryshun Treviyus O’Brien Jordan around 11:50 p.m. on Oct. 12 during a homecoming afterparty on Evergreen Drive in Elberton. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, seven other people were injured in the incident.

The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI’s assistance in the investigation.