SIMPSONVILLE, SC (WSPA) – Police say one person is in custody after a carjacking outside a Home Depot store in Simpsonville.
The Simpsonville Police Department said the carjacking happened Monday at the store on Fairview Road.
The suspect has been identified as 28-year-old Corey Lee White.
Police say White stole the victim’s car at gunpoint and left the scene.
Police later spotted the victim’s vehicle and chased the suspect for a short time before he was taken into custody.
White is booked in the Greenville County Detention Center on charges of carjacking, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and shoplifting, according to jail records.
The victim suffered minor injuries during the carjacking, police said.
White is expected to appear for a bond hearing Tuesday night in Simpsonville between 7 and 9 p.m.
