A Summerville man was being held Friday in the shooting death of a man at the Boom Boom Room in Eutawville.

Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams said he expects to charge Willie James Wright, 43, of 213 Martin’s Creek Boulevard, Summerville in connection with the death of 33-year-old Terrance Frazier of Bowman.

“The suspect alleged the victim appeared to him to have a weapon and during the dispute, the suspect brandished a weapon and shot Terrance Frazier,” Williams said. Frazier was shot once in the chest.

Frazier became the county’s fifth homicide victim of the year following the altercation at about 6:30 a.m. Friday at the Boom Boom Room at 109 Snowberry Lane.

After the shooting, “Terrance Frazier was then placed in a vehicle and friends tried to rush him to emergency services,” Williams said. They met an ambulance at the junction of S.C. 210 and Interstate 26, but Frazier was already dead.

The weapon used in the shooting has not yet been located. The Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate.

Family members say Frazier was a well-liked member of the Bowman community. He was flamboyant and flashy, and had a big heart for kids.

“I just can’t believe it, I can’t believe it,” Frazier’s stepson Allen Neals said. “He was like my daddy, he always called me his kid.”

A Carolina fan, Frazier’s favorite vehicle in his car collection was his red Chevrolet Caprice, which is liberally decorated with Gamecock memorabilia.

Other family members said Frazier always had a piece of candy or maybe a cookie for children he might see.

Neals said simply he’s going to miss his stepfather.

“He always told me he wanted me to get out there and be somebody,” he said. “Don’t stay here; go be somebody.”

With apparent pride and a bit of a smile, Randy Thomas described Frazier as Bowman’s “number one ‘stunna,” meaning he dressed nice and drove nice cars.

But while Frazier liked nice things, he was a simple man.

“He was a good guy at the heart,” Thomas said. “If he could help you, he would.”

Along with dealing in used cars, Frazier collected scrap metal. Relatives say he was often seen collecting cans along the roadways despite a slight limp he had from complications with diabetes.

T&D Staff Writer Richard Walker can be reached by e-mail at rwalker@timesanddemocrat.com or by phone at 803-533-5516. T&D City Editor Gene Crider contributed to this report.

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