Trial opening in Coastal Carolina student's death

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A Conway man is going on trial this week in the shooting death of a Coastal Carolina University student last year.

Local media outlets report that 22-year-old Marquis Spencer McDonald is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a crime in the death of 19-year-old Anthony Liddell of Bennettsville.

Liddell was a sophomore majoring in sports medicine when he was shot three times at a residential complex near the university in February of last year.

Authorities have not discussed a motive in the shooting death.