74-year-old man found shot to death behind business in Indian Land, sheriff says

Indian Land, S.C.

Deputies are investigating after a 74-year-old man was found shot to death Monday in South Carolina behind a business in Indian Land.

The man has been identified by law enforcement, but his name has not yet been released by the Lancaster County Coroner.

He was found around noon behind The Designers Marketplace on Yarborough Road, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.

The man worked at the business, said Doug Barfield, a sheriff’s office spokesman. The business was closed over the past weekend so it remains unclear how long he had been dead before he was found by a person who drove into the back parking lot to visit the business, according to officials.

No arrests have been made.

Even though the homicide investigation remains ongoing and very little information has been released, Sheriff Barry Faile said deputies “do not believe there is any ongoing danger to the residents or businesses in the area.”

The area is one of the fastest growing parts of the Rock Hill and Charlotte region. It is east of Fort Mill off S.C. 160 and west of U.S. 521, and south of Ballantyne.