By Associated Press - Wednesday, September 6, 2017

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a South Carolina man who was shot and killed on Labor Day.

The Charleston County Coroner’s Office told local news outlets that 28-year-old Matthew Rodney Simmons of Moncks Corner died in the shooting in North Charleston.

North Charleston police said Simmons was shot in a failed burglary attempt early Monday.



Police said earlier that 29-year-old Jeremy Louis Woods was arrested later Monday morning and charged with murder, first-degree burglary and possession of a gun during a violent crime.

Simmons died from several gunshot wounds.

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