Deadly shooting at SC nightclub leads to 2 arrest, 2 more men wanted, police say
Feb. 14 2022, Published 1:48 p.m. ET
A traffic stop in North Carolina led to the arrest of two men in connection to a deadly shooting at a South Carolina nightclub in late January, police said.
Officers are now looking for two more suspects.
On Feb. 11, officers arrested 24-year-old Austin Fairley and 23-year-old Chandler Lowry during a traffic stop, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
According to authorities, the two men were wanted by Dillon County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina in connection to the death of 31-year-old Phillip Campbell. He died after being shot at a nightclub in Dillon County on Jan. 23.
During the traffic stop, police said they also found and seized cocaine, crack cocaine, alprazolam, fentanyl, guns and money.
Fairley and Lowry were arrested and booked into the Robeson County Detention Center. They are being held without bond on the murder charge, officials said.
The two men were also charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime, two counts of conspiracy to traffic cocaine, trafficking cocaine, felony possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to manufacture, sell and/or deliver a controlled substance, authorities said. Fairley was also charged with possession of a stolen gun and possession of a gun by a convicted felon.
Both men face extradition to South Carolina in connection to the shooting, officials said.
Police said 20-year-old Sincir McLean and 21-year-old Arron Fairley are now both wanted for murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in connection to Campbell's death.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at (910) 671-3170 or the Dillon County Sheriff’s Office at (843) 774-1432.
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