A Richmond County grand jury indicted three men on first-degree murder charges Monday in connection with the March 8 death of a 23-year-old Ellerbe man.

Dequawn “Quan” Nicholson, 18, of Dunn Street, Ellerbe; Carlos “Little Cheese” Bostick, 20, of Pine Cone Circle, Ellerbe; and Kendrick Little, 18, of Robinson Avenue, Ellerbe; are all being charged in the death of Daquan Baker.

They are all being held in the Richmond County Jail under no bond.

Cadara Armstrong, 23, of Kennedy Circle, Aberdeen, was already charged with murder. His bond was set at $25,000.

Nicholson, Bostick and Little were all charged with felony counts of accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice before the grand jury convened.

At the time of the original arrests, Richmond County Sheriff Dale Furr explained there was an on-going dispute between the victim and at least one of the men, and all four arrived at Ellerbe Manor Apartments in the same vehicle shortly before 3 p.m. on the day of the murder.

“We had actually arrested the victim the night before for firing into an occupied dwelling,” Furr said. “... Baker was released on bond and the next day he ended up dead in the parking lot. They couldn’t wait for the law to take care of it.”

Baker was shot in the chest multiple times, and died shortly thereafter as a result of his wounds.

Two additional victims, 23-year-old Jessica Adams and a 2-year-old girl, both of Ellerbe Manor Apartments, were listed in police reports.

When deputies arrived on the scene, they found Baker lying beside an older model minivan with the passenger side window shot out.

“(The four) were picked up several hours later for questioning and arrested at the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office,” Furr explained in March.

Staff Writer Philip D. Brown can be reached at (910) 997-3111 ext. 32, or by e-mail at pbrown@yourdailyjournal.com.