NEWBERRY — A Newberry man has been taken into custody after a domestic argument resulted in a mother and child being shot early Saturday morning.

X’Zavier Sharif Davis, 26, of 633 Cherry Lane, Newberry, will be charged with four counts of attempted murder after Newberry County deputies and Newberry City police officers were called to the Newberry County Memorial Hospital Emergency Department for two gunshot victims.

Earlier in the morning, Davis went to the residence on Cherry Lane and found the door locked. Davis demanded entry, but the female victim and children had gone to bed and did not answer the door. Davis gained entry and began to verbally assault the victims. The female victim gathered her three children and left the home through the back door and attempted to leave the residence in her vehicle. As she fled the property, Davis opened fire with a handgun hitting the car several times. The female victim was shot and as she was driving herself to the hospital, realized one of her children, a 7-year-old, had also been hit by the gunfire.

Deputies responded to the residence and found the suspect still there and locked inside. After a brief time, deputies were able to talk the suspect out of the house and take him into custody without incident.

Both victims began treatment at Newberry County Memorial Hospital, however the 7-year-old had to be transported to a Columbia area hospital because of the serious nature of the injuries.

“It is bad enough for someone to get injured in an act of violence, but when you recklessly shoot into a car occupied by small children, your own children, it is simply despicable,” said Sheriff Lee Foster.

Foster thanked the staff of Newberry County Memorial Hospital for their heroic and compassionate care of the victims as well as their patients allowing law enforcement to conduct their investigation.

Because the victim drove her car to the NCMH Emergency Department, it was considered part of the crime scene and appropriate protocols had to be met in the parking lot and inside the hospital. Foster said that because there were multiple crime scenes, the State Law Enforcement Division crime scene unit was called in to assist deputies in forensic processing.

Davis is currently in custody at the Newberry County Detention Center. A bond hearing will be scheduled after the formal charges are filed.

Davis and the female victim lived together at the residence. Two of the children are the suspect’s children as well. The 7- year-old who was shot is not the suspect’s biological child.

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