NICHOLS, S.C. (AP) - Two people have been charged in a weekend fight that resulted in the death of an Horry County man.
Horry County police say 60-year-old Jerome Bessent was hit several times on the head with an aluminum baseball bat during a fight Sunday morning at a home in the community of Nichols.
Bessent died from his injures early Monday at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center.
Authorities say 51-year-old Gearlene Delarosa of Nichols is being charged with voluntary manslaughter in the incident. In addition, 22-year-old Santana Goff, also of Nichols, is charged with accessory after the fact of a felony.
It was not immediately known if the two had attorneys.
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