Updated: February 16, 2012
A Spartanburg teen was sentenced to 30-years in prison for the 2010 shooting death of Terrico L. Hull.
James Q. Mullins, 17, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and unlawful possession of a pistol by a person under 21 years of age.
“We wanted to hold James Mullins accountable for his dangerous actions without having to expose family to the stress and unpredictability of a trial,” Assistant Solicitor Tony Leibert said. “It is a very good outcome. James Mullins has a long time behind bars to think about the consequences of his actions.”
Posted: May 21, 2010
A teenager is in custody after he allegedly shot and killed a man early Friday evening in the city of Spartanburg.
The shooting happened just before 6 pm at a residence at 227 Short Hill Street. Captain Randy Hardy of Spartanburg Public Safety says that deputies responded to the residence after receiving reports of a person shot. When they arrived on scene, they found a man, identified as 25-year old Terrico Letrell Hull, of 501 Franklin Street, lying in the middle of the road, and the suspect had fled the scene.
A short time later, Spartanburg Public Safety Deputies and Investigators managed to obtain the suspect's identity from a witness and located the man on Vernon Street, just a short distance from where the shooting occured. The suspect was taken into custody and the gun was recovered.
Hardy says that a witness stated that he observed two men arguing in a driveway at the residence, when Hull approached the suspect and a shot was fired. Hull sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach area and had to be transported to Spartanburg Regional Hospital where he later sucumbed to his injuries.
Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger says that an autopsy will be performed Saturday to determine the exact cause of Hull's death.
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