Two Charged in Orangeburg Shootings | Charleston News

Charleston News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 16, 2026 · 1m

Two students in Orangeburg, South Carolina, face murder charges in separate campus shootings that left three young people dead. Eighteen-year-old Khamanti Lytrel Kennedy is now charged with murder in a February shooting at South Carolina State University, linked to an attempted armed robbery over a drug deal, following a new charge added to his existing case. Nineteen-year-old Deon David Savage is charged in a separate October shooting during homecoming that killed Jaliyah Butler. Both are held in county jail as authorities investigate and pursue justice in these devastating incidents that…