Columbia police say Joswan Charles Martin and Roniesha Shaquasia Gee were arrested in the October shooting death of Lawrence Long Jr.

Murder and a burglary count, on both stations, are the charges announced Monday. Two weapon counts on Martin, and none of those weapon counts on Roniesha Gee, are not the same list. A bond still to be set, on WIS, and a story that does not print a bond, on WLTX, are not the same custody line. A charge is not a conviction.

WLTX, by Tony Santaella, published and updated November 9, 2026, at 1:27 p.m. EST, reported the Columbia Police Department announced Monday that Joswan Charles Martin, 26, and Roniesha Shaquasia Gee, 25, were arrested in connection with the October 8 shooting death of Lawrence Long Jr. at Brook Pines Apartments. It reported both are charged with murder and first-degree burglary, and that Martin also faces possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. WIS, by WIS News 10 Staff, published November 9, 2026, at 12:08 p.m. EST, on a page that later marked itself updated 2 hours ago and did not print an absolute update clock, reported the Columbia Police Department has arrested two people in the October shooting. It listed Joswan Charles Martin, 26, charged with Murder, Burglary – First Degree, Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime, and Possession of a Weapon by a Prohibited Person, and Roniesha Shaquasia Gee, 25, charged with Murder and Burglary – First Degree. First-degree burglary, on WLTX, and Burglary – First Degree, on WIS, are not the same typesetting. The weapon counts match in substance and not in capitalization. WIS reported bonds for both will be determined at a later date. WLTX does not print a bond. Announced Monday, on WLTX, and has arrested, on a WIS story dated Nov. 9 that does not print the word Monday, are not the same sentence. Two people, on WIS, and the two names, on both, are the Monday arrests. WLTX's lede calls the man who was killed a 30-year-old and then, in the announcement sentence, Lawrence Long Jr. WIS identifies him as Lawrence Long, Jr., 30. Jr. without a comma, and Long, Jr., with a comma, are not the same styling.

What police said about the night, and about a third defendant, is not on both pages. WLTX reported officers responded to the 100 block of Brook Pines Drive, off Broad River Road, around 9 p.m. on October 8 and found Long suffering from a gunshot wound, and that the Richland County Coroner's Office later confirmed he died from a gunshot wound to his upper body. WIS reported officers responded to the 100 block of Brook Pines Drive on October 8 and that the coroner identified Lawrence Long, Jr., 30, as having sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the upper body. Around 9 p.m., and off Broad River Road, are WLTX. They are not on the WIS story fetched here. A gunshot wound, and a later coroner line about the upper body, on WLTX, and one coroner sentence that already says fatal and upper body, on WIS, are not the same sequence. WLTX reported police previously described the shooting as an isolated incident that was not random, and that investigators have not publicly established a motive. WIS does not print isolated, random, or motive. WLTX reported police charged 19-year-old Trinidy Y. Gee with murder and first-degree burglary on October 30, that investigators previously said she and Long had been in a romantic relationship, and that police have not said whether Trinidy Gee and Roniesha Gee are related or what role each of the three allegedly played. WIS reported that on October 30, Trinidy Y. Gee, 19, was arrested and charged with Murder and Burglary – First Degree. It does not print a relationship, a family tie, or a role. Nineteen, and 19, are not the same typesetting. October 30 is both stations' date for her charge. It is not Monday. Monday is the announcement WLTX describes, and the arrest story WIS published, for Martin and for Roniesha Shaquasia Gee. The murder counts are charges. They are not convictions. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.