Booking photo of Derrick McIlwain, who is accused of shooting and killing former Major League baseball player Danny Clyburn
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LANCASTER, SC (WBTV) - A South Carolina man has been arrested after police say he shot and killed a former Major League Baseball player near an elementary school early Tuesday morning.
According to the Lancaster Police Department, officers were called to the 600 block of North Market Street around 1:58 a.m. Tuesday to the report of a shooting. This is less than 1/5-mile away from Clinton Elementary School.
When officers arrived, they found Danny Clyburn Junior unresponsive and lying in the front yard of a home, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Clyburn died at the scene.
Clyburn is a former player as an outfielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Baltimore Orioles in the 1990s. He played in 13 games for the Orioles in 1997 and 1998, where he finished with seven hits, one home run and three runs batted in, according to Baseball-Almanac.com.
In 1999, Clyburn was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 28 games, Clyburn hit three home runs, drove in five runs and batted .198.
A man who identified himself as Clyburn's uncle told our sister station WBTV that Clyburn was in Lancaster visiting his children as part of a three-day trip. He was also picking up a vehicle to take back to California, where he now lives, his uncle said.
Last night, family members gathered together with Clyburn, his uncle told WBTV.
"We were just drinking and getting high," he said.
Clyburn's uncle told WBTV that he went to bed around 11:30 p.m. Monday and was woken up early Tuesday morning to someone knocking on his door, saying Danny had been shot.
Witnesses told officers that Derrick Lamont McIlwain, 36, had been arguing with Clyburn leading up to the shooting.
McIlwain turned himself in to deputies Tuesday morning. He was transported to the Municipal Justice Center, where he continued to cooperate with authorities.
McIlwain was charged with Murder and Possession of a Firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He remains in police custody and is awaiting a bond hearing.
Family members told WBTV that Clyburn and McIlwain were friends when they were growing up.
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