Charleston police probe fatal shooting

Woman charged with obstructing justice

A shooting on a residential street in the north central area of Charleston late Monday night left a man dead.

There have been no arrests in connection with the shooting itself, but police have charged a woman with obstructing justice.

Officers originally responded when a gunfire detection system alerted them to shots on Dewey Street around 11:55 p.m., a police report says. When they arrived at the spot midway between Huger and Moultrie streets, they found Theodore Fludd, 32, of North Charleston, lying unresponsive on the ground. A woman stood over him.

Fludd was shot multiple times, an affidavit said. Charleston County EMS took him to Medical University Hospital. He died at 12:23 a.m. Tuesday, Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten said.

The next morning, blood stained the street and sidewalk. Bullet-size holes pockmarked the vinyl siding and a planter at a house a few feet away.

Tylita Roary, 25, of Baltimore, has been charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the case. She told police a story that didn't match eyewitness accounts, an affidavit said.

Roary told an investigator that she took a cab to Dewey Street to meet with Fludd and that she knew nothing about any vehicles leaving the scene, an affidavit said. But witnesses said a vehicle stopped in front of Fludd after the shooting and that a man and woman got out and approached Fludd, the affidavit said.

The man grabbed Fludd and tried to put him in the vehicle, then stopped and drove away, the affidavit said. Roary stayed with Fludd until officers arrived, said Charles Francis, police public information officer.

Roary's bond was set at $150,000 and she remained at the Charleston County Detention Center Tuesday afternoon.

Nita Birmingham and Nadine Parks contributed to this report. Reach Noah Haglund at 937-5550 or nhaglund@postandcourier.com.