Who are Walterboro Cowboys? Gang that supplied Alex Murdaugh $60k a week worth of drugs may have killed his son and wife
WALTERBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA: The shocking claims made by Alex Murdaugh's defense team suggest that the gruesome killings of his wife and children may have been committed by the Walterboro Cowboys, a South Carolina drugs gang. The deaths of Alex Murdaugh's wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, were among the numerous allegations that led to his arrest in 2021.
His lawyers have publicly asserted that he had been suffering from opioid addiction for years. This has been cited as the main reason he allegedly committed murders so as to divert attention from his law firm, which he embezzled for his drug use.
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Cowboys sold drugs to Alex Murdaugh's cousin
According to the defense, the Cowboys gang sold drugs to Murdaugh's dealer, Curtis 'Cousin Eddie' Smith. His attorneys claimed Smith was ripping off the Cowboys and that they were out for vengeance, the Daily Mail reported.
James Griffin, the defense counsel, told the jury on Wednesday during the double-murder trial that Murdaugh's cousin Eddie had been taking money off the top of drug payments intended for the Cowboys. Griffin implied that Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, could have been assassinated by the Cowboys in an act of retaliation. However, no DNA has been cross-referenced with any of the Cowboy members. The defense even grilled the investigator David Owen over this, the outlet mentioned.
Who are Walterboro Cowboys?
Since roughly 2012, the Cowboys have been operating in Colleton County, and they are known as "the most 'violent gang in the area'. They are instantly recognizable for the signature Stars and Stripe bandanas they wear over their faces, the outlet described. The Cowboys, who are armed with automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns, are fiercely protective of "their turf," going so far as to try to intimidate police officers who enter the area.
Khiry Broughton is a self-proclaimed leader of the gang
They are a division of the Bloods, an overwhelmingly black street gang that originated in Los Angeles in the 1970s and has since expanded across the whole country. Khiry Broughton is a self-proclaimed leader of the gang. A wannabe rapper, Khiry appeared in a rap song "Can't Let You Take Me." The lyrics of the rap sing, "I've been f****** with them killas and my n***** clapping"... You run up on me I'm gone' leave the scene nasty."
Broughton was jailed for nine years on organized crime conspiracy charges in 2017 along with seven other gang members. Prosecutors said the gang leader had participated in an attempted murder in November 2015, among other charges.
Alongside Broughton, Bryant Jameek Davis (aka, "Savo"), Zaquann Ernest Hampton (aka, "TOB"), Christopher Sean Brown (aka, "Roughish"), and Quintin Fishburne were also imprisoned on charges of attempted murder in aid of racketeering. Clyde Naquan Hampton (aka, "One Loyal Shooter"), Matthew Rashuan Jones (aka, "Boogie Mac"), and William Lamont Cox (aka, "Wataz") were also jailed on organized crime charges.
