Second Robbery Suspect in Custody

The second suspect in a Wednesday evening armed robbery is in police custody, according to jail records.

Markel Wright, 23, was booked into the Charleston County Jail just after 12:30 a.m. this morning, according to the sheriff's online records. 

Wright had been the subject of a manhunt since the Wednesday hold-up. His alleged accomplice, Deion Watson, 18, was held at the scene of the robbery by a passerby armed with a gun, but Wright fled the scene.

Watson faces two counts of armed robbery, according to records. Wright faces two counts of armed robbery, two counts of possession of a weapon in commission of a crime and one count of attempted murder.

The Wednesday robbery was the fourth Mount Pleasant robbery in less than a month, police said. The Wednesday robbery occurred at the Kangaroo gas station at the entrance to Park West. Two previous robberies occurred at the Kangaroo Express at Highways 17 and 41.

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note the accurate location of Wednesday's robbery.