Man charged in killing of North Charleston sanitation worker returned to SC

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The North Charleston Police Department has brought a murder suspect charged in the shooting of a sanitation worker back to South Carolina, three months after being arrested in New York by U.S. Marshals.

Spokesperson for the North Charleston Police Department, Harve Jacobs, says detectives brought Tyrell Smith back to South Carolina Tuesday night.

U.S. Marshals arrested 24-year-old Tyrell Lamont Smith in New York on Aug. 1.

He was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the killing of 26-year-old Da’Tawn Gatling.

Officials say Smith fought extradition after being arrested in New York.

The shooting occurred on Bayfield Drive on July 18. Officers responded to the scene around 10:49 a.m. that morning and discovered Gatline suffering from a gunshot wound in a garbage truck.

After being shot, Gatling attempted to leave the scene and lost control of the garbage truck, crashing into a tree on Dorchester Road.

Detectives believe Gatling was shot while picking up recyclables on Bayfield Drive. He later died after being taken to a local hospital.