Teen charged as adult in murder

LANCASTER, S.C. -- A 16-year-old Lancaster teen is charged with murder after he allegedly fired into a crowd of people over the weekend and killed Paul LaVar Brown.

Investigators say this is 16-year-old Alphonzo Markee Robinson's story:

He and an older brother were walking down the road when a car purposely hit his brother, broke his leg and sent him into a ditch.

Investigators aren't convinced Robinson's story is true.

"We haven't confirmed it was a hit and run,” said Tom Holland, Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office. Meanwhile, Owen Tate was a few yards away cooking on a grill.

"I just heard the car. I didn't see nobody got hit or anything,” Tate said.

That's even though Robinson claims he and his brother exchanged words with the alleged driver, 28 year-old Paul Lavar Brown.

Deputies and an ambulance arrived.

Investigators say Robinson made several phone calls, left, came back, and talked to his brother in the ambulance.

"He started shooting into a crowd of people,” Holland said.

Brown was shot in the back while running away. He died en route to the hospital.

Another man was shot in the arm.

Deputies were a few feet away when bullets flew.

"I heard police say get down, get down, get down, so that's what I did,” Tate said.

"He's very lucky he was not shot by deputies,” said Holland.

Instead, investigators say a different older brother stepped in.

"I think the quote was 'you stupid boy' and then he threw down his weapon and laid down,” said Holland.

Off camera, family members say Brown always ran from trouble, never toward it. He was married with two young kids.

When investigators asked Robinson why Brown would want to run them over, they didn't have an answer.

"No, they didn't have a reason why somebody would be trying to hit them with a car,” Holland said.

Robinson told investigators he found the gun laying in a nearby yard.

Robinson is being held in juvenile detention until next week when he turns 17. He is charged as an adult.