HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. —
On Tuesday, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division took a Walterboro man into custody in connection with the September 4 shooting of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Curtis Edward Smith, 61, is charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery of a high aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, distribution of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.
Earlier this week, Murdaugh confessed to authorities that he told Smith to kill him so his surviving son would collect his $10 million life insurance policy.
It was Murdaugh who discovered the bodies of his wife and son, Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, on their Colleton County property back in June.
No arrests have been made in the case.
Murdaugh was not fatally wounded when he was shot earlier this month. Afterward, he called 911 from a road in Hampton County, according to SLED, and was taken to a hospital in Savannah.
Authorities initially described Murdaugh's injury as a "superficial gunshot wound to the head," though Murdaugh's attorneys said his skull was fractured in the shooting.
Murdaugh allegedly provided Smith with a firearm and directed Smith to shoot him in the head. Smith admitted Tuesday to being present at the shooting and to disposing of the firearm afterward, the affidavit states.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Murdaugh released a statement saying he had resigned from his law firm and was entering rehab.
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