Police: Man shot at 72-year-old after violent encounter in Rock Hill neighborhood

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Police said a 72-year-old man intervened during a violent outburts in a Rock Hill neighborhood Sunday and ended up being assaulted and shot at.

Rock Hill Police responded to a reported shooting Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m. off Eastwood Drive and Willowbrook Avenue.

When officers arrived, they said they spoke with a 72-year-old man who said he had been working on a car at a home when he saw man acting in a violent toward residents at a house nearby.

Police said the victim, who is a concealed weapons permit holder, got his handgun from his vehicle.

Rock Hill Police said the suspect 19-year-old Maurice Hunt was staying at the home, and was allegedly kicked out just before the incident.

"The people basically made him leave, and that set him off into a tirade, and that's when our victim got his handgun because he wasn't sure what this young man was gonna do," police said.

Officials said Hunt then struck the victim in the back of the head and knocked him down.

According to police, Hunt took the man’s gun and fired several shots at him before fleeing the scene in a vehicle. Police said the victim was not hit.

Neighbors said they heard the gunfire outside the house in the middle of the afternoon.

"He just turned around the he moved his hand and he just shot, shot shot, like he wasn't aiming at nothing," neighbor Patricia Brindle said.

Brindle said she then saw Hunt take off in an SUV.

A short time later, police said they received a call indicating Hunt was on Coronet Court in Rock Hill.

Officers responded to the scene and said saw Hunt walking down the street and when they got out of the patrol car, he started running.

Police said after a short foot chase, he was taken into custody. Officials said when he was caught by police, he still had a loaded gun on him.

Hunt was charged with attempted murder, armed robbery with a deadly weapon, possession of a gun during a violent crime, and unlawful carrying of a handgun.

Brindle said she has seen Hunt around the neighborhood since he was a child.

"It's just hard to believe that he would do that," Brindle said.

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