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FOX Carolina says Johnny Maurice Dawson is charged with murder and a weapon count in Kenneth Andrew Latroy Lomax's death. WYFF says several charges, including murder.

Lorenza Medley, FOX Carolina, published Nov. 9, 2026, at 3:39 p.m. EST, says the 47-year-old from Anderson is awaiting a bond hearing at the Anderson County Detention Center. WYFF, updated at 7:22 p.m. EST the same day, says Kenneth Lomax, 36, was shot and killed on Quinn Street and does not print the weapon count.

By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·

Booking photo of Johnny Maurice Dawson
Photo: Anderson County Sheriff's Office via FOX Carolina

Murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, on FOX Carolina, and several charges, including murder, on WYFF, are not the same charge list. Multiple gunshot wounds, on Monday's FOX Carolina story, and a gunshot wound, on that station's Oct. 29 story, are not the same count. A bond hearing that is still ahead is not a finding.

FOX Carolina, by Lorenza Medley, published Nov. 9, 2026, at 3:39 p.m. EST, on a page whose update line said 5 hours ago and did not print a second absolute clock, reported the Anderson County Sheriff's Office said a suspect had been taken into custody in a deadly shooting from October. It reported 47-year-old Johnny Maurice Dawson, of Anderson, has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in the shooting death of 36-year-old Kenneth Andrew Latroy Lomax. It reported that on Oct. 29 deputies were called to the 100 block of Quinn Street for a person in cardiac arrest, that they found Lomax dead with multiple gunshot wounds, and that surveillance footage and witness accounts helped them determine Dawson was the suspect. It reported he is awaiting a bond hearing while incarcerated at the Anderson County Detention Center. WYFF, on a page that printed Updated 7:22 p.m. EST Nov. 9, 2026, and did not print a byline or a separate published clock, reported the sheriff's office announced on Monday that a murder suspect is now under arrest. It reported the investigation started Oct. 29 on Quinn Street when Kenneth Lomax, 36, was shot and killed, that deputies identified the suspect as 47-year-old Johnny Maurice Dawson, and that he is now facing several charges, including murder. Kenneth Andrew Latroy Lomax, on FOX Carolina, and Kenneth Lomax, on WYFF, are not the same name. Multiple gunshot wounds, and shot and killed, are not the same injury line. The 100 block of Quinn Street, and Quinn Street, are not the same address line. Murder and a weapon count, and several charges, including murder, are not the same list. Of Anderson, a cardiac-arrest call, surveillance footage, witness accounts, a bond hearing, and the Anderson County Detention Center are FOX Carolina. They are not on the WYFF page fetched here. 3:39 p.m. EST, and 7:22 p.m. EST, are not the same clock. No plea is printed on either Monday page.

FOX Carolina's Oct. 29 story, by Mary Kate Howland and Ashley Listrom, published at 12:54 p.m. EDT and updated at 6:52 p.m. EDT, reported officials were called to a home in the 100 block of Quinn Street around 12:20 p.m. for a person in cardiac arrest and found a person dead with a gunshot wound. It reported the coroner identified 36-year-old Kenneth Andrew Latroy Lomax, and it quoted Anderson County Chief Deputy Coroner Don McCown that as she started her assessment she realized the victim sustained a gunshot wound. The pronoun she is on that page. It reported the sheriff's office said the incident appears isolated to the residence and there is not an immediate danger to the public. A gunshot wound, on that Oct. 29 story, and multiple gunshot wounds, on the same station's Nov. 9 story, are not the same count. Around 12:20 p.m. is the Oct. 29 story. It is not a clock the Monday charge story prints. Don McCown, isolated, and no immediate danger are Oct. 29. They are not on the Monday pages fetched here. The Oct. 29 story does not name a suspect. Monday's charge is the development those later pages describe. It is not a verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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