Suspect Named in Lindy Creek Road Homicide

Goose Creek Police has named its suspect in the Dec. 13, 2012, shooting death of Darrell Allen.

Allen was found shot to death in a vehcile near Lindy Creek Road. 

David Shawn Chavis, 43, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on the same date as Allen's homicide, but police have now issued a murder warrant for Chavis. Chavis will not be officially charged in the shooting death until a bond hearing, according to police.

Chavis was linked to the 2012 shooting by law enforcement after he suffered a gunshot wound to his arm. 

According to a Goose Creek Police statement, the initial investigation revealed that Allen was the victim of multiple gunshot wounds and that Chavis had been in the vehicle with Allen at the time of Allen’s death. The subsequent investigation and examination of forensic evidence led investigators to seek a warrant charging Chavis with Allen’s murder.

Chavis was served the murder warrant Thursday morning and remains in the Hill Finklea Detention center to await a bond hearing on that charge.