Coroner IDs victim who was shot by 18-year-old in North Charleston

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has shared the name of the man who died in a North Charleston shooting.

Derrick Cobbs, 36, of North Charleston, died at the hospital from injuries sustained in a shooting, Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said.

The shooting happened Sunday around 10:15 p.m. on Dakota Street, North Charleston Police Department spokesman Harve Jacobs said.

Officers responded to the area after receiving reports of a man lying on the street and not moving. The victim, later identified as Cobbs, was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, Jacobs said.

Police arrested 18-year-old Hakeem Wayne Johnson on Monday while he was walking on Gable Street.

Johnson is charged with murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime, jail records state.

Jacobs said additional charges are pending.