South Carolina beach town maniac chased children as he mowed down three victims at playground: docs

A South Carolina antheral intentionally ran implicit 3 radical connected Sullivan's Island connected Thursday afternoon, according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.

Justin Collin Adams has been charged with 3 counts of attempted execution and 1 number of first-degree aggravated battle for allegedly moving implicit a genitor and 2 children successful the Sunrise Presbyterian Church parking batch conscionable earlier 1 p.m. connected Thursday, tribunal records show. 

The apprehension affidavit for Adams says that the 36-year-old carjacked his parent astatine knifepoint and threatened to chopped her look earlier helium took power of her conveyance and accelerated towards the playground of the school.

SULLIVAN'S ISLAND HIT-AND-RUN: SUSPECT CAPTURED AFTER ALLEGEDLY RUNNING DOWN ADULT, TWO KIDS IN BEACH TOWN

A mugshot of Justin Collin Adams from the Isle of Palms Police Department successful South Carolina. (Isle of Palms Police Department)

In the playground area, helium deed a 12-year-old lad earlier accelerating astatine a precocious complaint of velocity toward a sidewalk arsenic helium "appeared to pursuit the children arsenic they ran," according to the affidavit.

He allegedly ran implicit a teacher, who was thrown implicit the hood of the conveyance aft impact, and past a 10-year-old lad who, was pinned nether the conveyance erstwhile it struck a curb, deploying the airbags and bringing it to rest. 

Adams past took disconnected connected foot. 

Justin Collin Adams was wanted for a hit-and-run involving an big and 2 children. (Isle of Palms Police Department)

Special Services Sgt. Matthew Storen of the Isle of Palms Police Department, which took Adams into custody aft a manhunt Thursday evening, told Fox News Digital connected Friday that Adams is being held without enslaved connected the attempted execution charges, and connected a $100,000 enslaved connected the aggravated battle charge. 

Storen said the motive for the onslaught remains unknown. 

"We had aggregate aerial assets. We had marine units, boats. We knew helium was past seen successful the country of the marsh," Storen said of the manhunt. "The chopper was up successful the air. One of the Sullivan's Island sergeants was successful the chopper to usher the aviator with section knowledge. They were doing debased passes."

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The clang happened astatine a religion successful Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. (iStock)

The Sullivan's Island Police Department and the Isle of Palms Police Department initiated the hunt for Adams, but authorities and national instrumentality enforcement entities offered their support. 

Those agencies included the Sullivan's Island Police Department, the FBI, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Marshals Service. 

Storen said authorities identified Adams by the reddish garment helium was wearing, and that a chopper had gotten a glimpse of him attempting to fell nether a vessel screen of a docked boat. 

Marshland successful Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.  (iStock)

"That apprehension squad made up of K-9 units, SWAT squad officers and regular officers – arsenic they moved successful down the dock – [they] gave commands. He complied. He was taken into custody without immoderate incident," Storen said. 

Adams is owed backmost successful tribunal connected June 13. 

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The Charleston County Sheriff's Office, which has taken implicit the transgression investigation, did not instrumentality a remark request. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Charleston County Clerk of Court. 

Fox News' Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.