A man has been arrested after allegedly discarding the body of a shooting victim in Lexington County.

Jesse Lou Gregory, 34, who was later arrested in Aiken County Sunday, Nov. 12 on unrelated charges, faces a single count of desecration of human remains along with other charges not related to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department’s death investigation.

The victim has been identified by Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher as 25-year-old Nicholas Kenneth Hendrix of Summit.

Per a post from the coroner’s office, he was “found with a gunshot wound to the upper body and pronounced dead on the scene.”

The sheriff’s department and the coroner’s office are continuing to investigate the incident.

Asked if the department is actively seeking more suspects and if more charges against Gregory are likely, Capt. Adam Myrick, the department's public information officer, told the Chronicle, "We won’t speculate on the potential for either of those while our work on the case continues."

Gregory is accused of discarding Hendrix’s body at the intersection of Old Barnwell Road and White Knoll Way, between Red Bank and Springdale, the morning of Nov. 12. He was later arrested on unrelated charges in Aiken County, including failure to stop for blue lights and driving under suspension, the sheriff’s department reports.

The department initially reported that it was at the intersection as part of a shooting investigation late Sunday afternoon.

A provided incident report details that a witness who lives on Old Barnwell Road recounted that "she heard a loud 'thud' and then a car door shut. [Redacted] stated that she then looked out her window and saw a man slumped over in her driveway and a white mid 2000's SUV speeding off."

A provided arrest warrant alleges that the white vehicle Gregory used to dump the body was stolen and notes that in addition to an eye witness, the discarding of the body was recorded via a home recording system.

"The defendant treated the remains with a violent disrespect," the warrant states.

Gregory is being held at the Lexington County Detention Center, having been denied bond Nov. 14.

This is a developing story and will continue to be updated.