Detectives make arrest in Rock Hill homicide

In less than four hours York County Violent Crimes Detectives make an arrest in a murder investigation. Detectives arrested Evan Robert Hawthorne, 27, of Chester, SC in connection with the death of retired Rock Hill Police Lieutenant Larry Vaughan. Hawthorne was located at the corner of Ebenezer Road and Hollis Lakes Road in Rock Hill. On Friday afternoon at approximately 3:15 P.M. Deputies were called to the Anderson Apartment Building at the request of the Rock Hill Police Department at 108 East Main Street after Vaughan was found deceased in his apartment. The Rock Hill Police asked the York County Sheriff’s Office to investigate due to Vaughan having ties to their agency. Hawthorne was taken to the York County Detention Center and served with a warrant for murder. This case remains under investigation.