SLED CHARGES OCONEE COUNTY INMATE WITH VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

Jordan Scott Tilson

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has arrested 26-year-old Jordan Scott Tilson of Walhalla for voluntary manslaughter in the March 29 jailhouse death of Michael McMahan. The arrest warrant affidavit states that Tilson, in a sudden heat of passion and without malice, struck McMahan on the right side of his head, causing him to fall and hit his head on a steel handrail. Tilson remains in the Oconee County Detention Center.