HERE IN JUST A FEW GUYS. BRADFORD. THANK YOU. BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING IN UNION COUNTY. A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO TWO DEADLY SHOOTINGS. WE’RE LEARNING NOW THAT POLICE ARRESTED ONE SUSPECT FOR BOTH MURDERS AFTER A STANDOFF. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED TUESDAY. OFFICIALS SAY 49 YEAR OLD KIRAN PATEL WAS FOUND DEAD IN A GAS STATION PARKING LOT ON SOUTH PINKNEY STREET, AND 67 YEAR OLD CHARLES CROSBY WAS FOUND DEAD ON SOUTH MOUNTAIN STREET LAST NIGHT AROUND 830. LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCATED THE SUSPECT AT A RESIDENCE NEAR SOUTH CHURCH STREET. AFTER AN HOURS LONG STANDOFF. SLED ARRESTED ZAIDEN MAC HILL. HE’S CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO
Arrest after standoff, suspect charged with 2 deadly shootings in one Upstate city
Multiple South Carolina law enforcement agencies responded to a home in Union, South Carolina.
Updated: 4:44 AM EDT Sep 19, 2025
Union Public Safety officials have charged a suspect in connection with two shooting incidents. They said 21-year-old Zaedan Mack Hill acted alone and is being charged with both shooting incidents.Around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the SLED Swat team, and Union Public Safety Officers responded to a home on South Church Street in Union, South Carolina in reference to two shooting incidents.On Tuesday, woman was found dead in the parking lot of a business after a call about a man shooting at people at a store. Officers were called to DD’s Food Mart on S. Pinckney Street and said they found a woman dead in the parking lot, a window shot out at the front of the store and shell casings.They said the victim appeared to have been shot. The coroner identified the woman as Kiran Patel, 49, of Union. They also responded to a shooting Tuesday on South Mountain Street. In that case, 67-year-old Charles Nathan Crosby was found dead in the yard of a home with what appeared to be a gunshot wound. Thursday night, the agencies responded with a search warrant and an arrest warrant. Officials said SLED was able to call everyone out of the home except the suspect. They said the standoff lasted for several hours, and the suspect eventually exited the home without harm or further incident.According to Union Public Safety officials, Hill was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation, and then to the Union County Jail.
Union Public Safety officials have charged a suspect in connection with two shooting incidents. They said 21-year-old Zaedan Mack Hill acted alone and is being charged with both shooting incidents.
Around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the SLED Swat team, and Union Public Safety Officers responded to a home on South Church Street in Union, South Carolina in reference to two shooting incidents.
On Tuesday, woman was found dead in the parking lot of a business after a call about a man shooting at people at a store.
Officers were called to DD’s Food Mart on S. Pinckney Street and said they found a woman dead in the parking lot, a window shot out at the front of the store and shell casings.
They said the victim appeared to have been shot. The coroner identified the woman as Kiran Patel, 49, of Union.
They also responded to a shooting Tuesday on South Mountain Street. In that case, 67-year-old Charles Nathan Crosby was found dead in the yard of a home with what appeared to be a gunshot wound.
Thursday night, the agencies responded with a search warrant and an arrest warrant. Officials said SLED was able to call everyone out of the home except the suspect. They said the standoff lasted for several hours, and the suspect eventually exited the home without harm or further incident.
According to Union Public Safety officials, Hill was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation, and then to the Union County Jail.