Rock Hill grandmother says 2 of 4 shooting suspects arrested last week are her grandsons

The Rock Hill grandmother whose home was shot into twice this month said two of the four men arrested last week for a shooting on Locust Street are her grandsons, and that they were retaliating for the shootings at her home.

Ronterrius Walls, 26, and Jadarius Roberts, 18, were arrested last week after, police say, they and two others shot into a home on the 400 block of Locust Street twice. Investigators are still trying to determine a motive, but Margeurite Moore, 70, said Walls and Roberts are her grandsons and that they were trying to get back at the people they believed shot into their grandparents’ home.

The first shooting at the Locust Street address happened about 3 a.m. Wednesday, police have said. About seven hours later, officers on patrol in the area heard several gunshots and saw a white sedan with multiple occupants firing gunshots at the same home. Officers pursued the vehicle for several blocks until the driver stopped on the 500 block of Whitner Street in front of a set of stop sticks deployed by police.

Officers found a black handgun inside the car, and an item thrown from the car on Barber Street turned out to be about 20 grams of marijuana, police said. All four men remain jailed on attempted murder and weapon charges.

Moore’s home on the 800 block of Harrison Street was first shot into on Dec. 14, then again early Wednesday. Neither she nor her husband were injured, but she said after the first shooting that she suspected their grandson, Roberts, who lived at the home, was the intended target.

Moore said Monday that the men were retaliating against the people they believed shot up their house, and that people have been getting the shootings at the two locations confused.

No arrests have been made in the shootings at the Moores’ home, which is still riddled with bullet holes and has pieces of plywood covering shattered windows. Marguerite and Marion Moore have lived there 50 years. Maugerite Moore said she’s on edge doing activities that used to be mundane, such as bathing, hanging laundry out to dry and sleeping.

“That’s when we’re real, real scared,” she said, “at night.”

Capt. Mark Bollinger, a spokesman for the Rock Hill Police Department, could not comment Monday on whether the two shootings are related.

“We’re looking into that,” he said.

This story was originally published December 29, 2015 at 7:46 AM with the headline "Rock Hill grandmother says 2 of 4 shooting suspects arrested last week are her grandsons."