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Man Arrested For Opening Fire On Group Of 30 Trump Supporters

byAlex Baldridge
August 27, 2020

Marquise Damarius Asomani of Charlotte, North Carolina was arrested on Tuesday for shooting at a group of Trump supporters that included children along a South Carolina overpass.

Asomani was driving on I-77 in South Carolina when he saw the people on the Sutton Road bridge, he allegedly pulled out a gun and started firing at them after passing them and yelling obscenties.

Fortunately, no one was hurt, but they could have easily been hit by the gunfire, the Fort Mill Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday.

About 30 people had gathered and were waving American flags and holding up “Trump” signs, said Sgt. Bill Rhyne with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Greg Suskin
@GSuskinWSOC9

Fort Mill police say someone drove up I-77 last night and fired a gun at supporters of President Trump. They were waving flags from the Sutton Road overpass. Police say a Charlotte man is in custody this morning, pending charges. No one was hurt. More info soon.
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Marquise Damarius Asomani was charged with six counts of assault and battery, one count of unlawful carrying of a pistol, one count of pointing and presenting firearms at a person and possession of a firearm during a violent crime, WSOC reported.

There were two passengers in Asomani’s car who were released without charges.

Witnesses told Channel 9′s South Carolina bureau reporter Greg Suskin someone in a red car screamed profanities before opening fire on the group as they drove along Sutton Road.

According to police, witnesses said three men drove by on the bridge several times yelling obscenities at them. They said as the vehicle turned on to the ramp to northbound I-77, the driver continued screaming out the window before putting his arm out and firing several shots. The car then sped on to the interstate, according to the statement.

Angie Freeman said the gathering was a family event and that she was in the parade of cars when the gunfire erupted.
Everybody was cutting up and having fun and laughing and everybody on 77 was blowing the horns and waving,” she said. “We had all the windows down because we had all the flags out the windows, and it was very loud and it was four or five shots.
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The group of about 30 people had gathered and were waving American flags and holding up “Trump” signs, said Sgt. Bill Rhyne with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, WJCL ABC reported.

Rhyne said the gunshots came from a red Volkswagen Jetta that then drove off down a highway. A South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who had just approached the area tried to catch up with the vehicle, he added.

Rhyne lost the vehicle on the highway, but other law enforcement officials ended up finding it later abandoned.

The vehicle was located behind an old abandoned building at Gold Hill Road and Deerfield Drive but officers say they saw another vehicle trying to leave the area that had a person inside who matched the description of one of the suspects. They then swooped in to make the arrest.

Asomani had his court hearing after being arrested for attempted murder and his bond was set at $75,000.

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Marquise Damarius Asomani is accused of firing a gun near this gathering of President Trump supporters in Fort Mill. (Source: Fort Mill Police and Lindsey Portugal)

By WBTV Web Staff | August 25, 2020 at 1:00 PM EDT - Updated August 26 at 10:57 AM
FORT MILL, S.C. (WBTV) -”It’s sickening. It’s absolutely sickening,” says Matthew Ostrowski, one of the supporters on the bridge.

A Charlotte man was arrested in Fort Mill Monday after police say he fired several shots from a vehicle near a political gathering.

The incident happened around 6:50 p.m. in the area of I-77 and Sutton Road. Members of the group, a local organization for women, say they were holding signs on the side of the road in support of President Donald Trump.



Officers say several people from the group told them three males “drove by more than once, making derogatory remarks and yelling obscenities at them from their vehicle.”

The victims said as the vehicle turned from Sutton Rd on to the ramp to northbound I-77, the driver of the vehicle kept yelling, then put his arm out the window while holding what appeared to be a handgun.

They heard several shots being fired as the vehicle proceeded northbound on the interstate.

”All of a sudden you know bang bang bang bang bang bang bang” says Ostrowski.

As the incident was taking place, officials say an SCHP trooper in the area saw the activity and drove onto I-77 in an effort to locate the vehicle. A short time later, the trooper found the vehicle abandoned near Gold Hill Road and Deerfield Drive.

“It was ridiculous. There were kids everywhere,” says Ostrowski. “They drove by really slow and saw everybody, so they knew exactly who was there.”

The trooper then saw a second vehicle leaving the area and noticed one of the people inside had clothing matching that of one of the people in the first vehicle. That vehicle was then stopped by officers nearby.

After further investigation, and with evidence recovered, police say two of the males were released without charges. The driver of the vehicle, identified as 23-year-old Marquise Damarius Asomani of Charlotte, was taken into custody.

Asomani is charged with six counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and one count each of unlawful carrying of a pistol, pointing and presenting firearms at a person and possession of a firearm during a violent crime.

“I think it’s sad honestly that we’re showing support for the president and you have to be nervous about somebody coming and doing this, says Lindsey Portugal, who’s a part of the rally organizing group. “I mean that’s just discouraging.”

He was taken to the York County Detention Center and placed under a $75,000 bond.

Ostrowski says the incident should not discourage the president’s supporters, but instead empower them to continue their support.

”If anything this energizes me more and after this incident,” says Ostrowski. “It’s done the same for many many people.”

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