Two months after a 13-year old girl was shot in a home invasion robbery, Cherokee County deputies have arrested a man in connection with the case, Sheriff Steve Mueller said.Ricky Tyrone Camp, 28, of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, faces a string of charges that include assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, armed robbery and burglary, Mueller said.The home invasion was reported Feb. 17 on East Julie Court in Chesnee.The victim told deputies that several men kicked open the front door of the home and entered with weapons. Once inside, the men forced two adults and a child to the floor and demanded money.Deputies said that as the gunmen left, they fired several shots toward the home. One bullet went through several walls and struck the 13-year-old in her leg, deputies said.The teen was airlifted to Greenville Memorial and continues to recover from her injury, Mueller said.Mueller said news reports helped investigators track down Camp and another person of interest. Deputies discovered that Camp was wanted on an outstanding warrant out of North Carolina when he showed up at the Sheriff’s Office for an interview on Thursday, Mueller said. He was held on the North Carolina charges until additional warrants were issued for his involvement in the home invasion, Mueller said.More suspects are being identified, and more arrests are expected in the case, according to Mueller.“It has been very clear from the night of the incident that several suspects were involved, and investigators will not stop until they have been identified and taken into custody,” Mueller said.

Two months after a 13-year old girl was shot in a home invasion robbery, Cherokee County deputies have arrested a man in connection with the case, Sheriff Steve Mueller said.

Ricky Tyrone Camp, 28, of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, faces a string of charges that include assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, armed robbery and burglary, Mueller said.

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The home invasion was reported Feb. 17 on East Julie Court in Chesnee.

The victim told deputies that several men kicked open the front door of the home and entered with weapons. Once inside, the men forced two adults and a child to the floor and demanded money.

Deputies said that as the gunmen left, they fired several shots toward the home. One bullet went through several walls and struck the 13-year-old in her leg, deputies said.

The teen was airlifted to Greenville Memorial and continues to recover from her injury, Mueller said.

Mueller said news reports helped investigators track down Camp and another person of interest. Deputies discovered that Camp was wanted on an outstanding warrant out of North Carolina when he showed up at the Sheriff’s Office for an interview on Thursday, Mueller said.



He was held on the North Carolina charges until additional warrants were issued for his involvement in the home invasion, Mueller said.



More suspects are being identified, and more arrests are expected in the case, according to Mueller.

“It has been very clear from the night of the incident that several suspects were involved, and investigators will not stop until they have been identified and taken into custody,” Mueller said.