Four teens charged with murder after Tyler L. Austin killed in Pomaria

What do four murder arrests establish—and what do they leave unexplained—after a shooting kills a 19-year-old and wounds another person? In Pomaria, South Carolina, deputies have named four teenage defendants, but the reported charges do not yet explain who fired or what each person allegedly did. ¹

Tyler L. Austin, 19, was pronounced dead after the shooting. A second person was airlifted to a hospital. The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office’s account, reported by WYFF, establishes those immediate consequences; it does not provide the surviving victim’s name, specific injuries or subsequent condition. ¹

The shooting happened around 11 p.m. Friday, according to WIS. Its Saturday, October 31, 2026, report places that Friday on October 30. That timing comes from local reporting, rather than a separately verified timestamp in an original sheriff’s incident record. Reports of the four arrests followed on Saturday. ¹¹

The emergency response began with a call reporting multiple shots near Folk Street and Holloway Street in Pomaria. A short time later, dispatch received more calls saying a car had been shot into on Peak Road, which deputies described as a short distance from the first reported location. ¹

First responders found two people with gunshot wounds. Austin was pronounced dead, while the other person was flown to a local hospital. The account gives a sequence of calls and a nearby second location, but it does not reconstruct the gunfire between them or explain precisely where each person was wounded. ¹

That distinction matters. A report of shots near an intersection, followed by reports of a car being struck nearby, is the beginning of an account—not a complete explanation of how the shooting unfolded. The available reporting does not establish whether Austin or the surviving victim was inside that car.

Deputies identified the defendants as Dakerian Lytrell Greenwood, 18, of Pomaria; Jayden Gallman, 18, of Prosperity; Kaevion Xydarius Eigner, 17, of Newberry; and Montieth Brown, 18, of Prosperity. Each was arrested and charged with murder, according to the sheriff’s office account published by WYFF. ¹

Those are allegations, not findings of guilt. The fact that all four face the same reported charge does not establish that they acted in the same way. None of the four should be described as having been proved responsible for Austin’s death on the strength of these arrest reports.

The public account has not specified who allegedly fired a weapon or described each defendant’s alleged role. It also does not establish the precise time each person was taken into custody. Those gaps limit what can responsibly be said about both the shooting itself and the sequence of the investigation. ¹

WIS had reported four arrests by 12:13 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 31. WYFF’s report, updated at 3:47 p.m. that day, also carried the arrests. Those are publication times: they establish when the developments appeared in coverage, not booking times or the moment deputies first announced the charges. ^{11 1}

Bond had not been set in WYFF’s October 31 account. That is a dated report of the defendants’ position then, not confirmation that no later bond action could occur. No subsequent court ruling or scheduled hearing date is established in the available information. ¹

The other unresolved outcome is medical. Being airlifted establishes that the surviving victim was transported for hospital treatment; it does not establish a particular prognosis. Without a condition update, there is no basis to describe that person as stable, recovering or critically injured. ¹

The arrests are a substantial development, but they do not close the account. Austin is dead, another person’s condition remains unreported, and four young defendants face murder allegations. Deputies say the investigation remains open. The next meaningful developments would explain the individual allegations, establish any court action and provide an update on the person who survived. ¹