Anderson County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Terry Lorenzo Rainey, 59 of Anderson in connection with a stabbing incident resulting in the death of a 33-year-old man on Sept. 16.
According to reports, Deputies responded to a location on North Hammett St. in Anderson at approximately 11 p.m. where Rainey and Atomas Raqueen Lewis were engaged in a verbal altercation which turned into a physical confrontation.
A witness on scene heard Rainey say that he going to “cut the throat” of Lewis. Another witness told deputies that Rainey was observed rushing toward Lewis and engaging him in a physical confrontation.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Lewis sustained several stab wounds and was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment but eventually succumbed to his injuries.
Rainey was charged with murder and incarcerated in the Anderson County Detention Center, where he was also served with a previous warrant for Violation of Terms of Probation, Parole and Other Supervisor Program.
