York Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in All Nations Church arson
24. Jan, 2011 
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At approximately 5:17 a.m., Thursday, December 23, 2010, deputies responded to a suspicious fire at the All Nations Church located at 360 Hammond Road, Fort Mill, South Carolina. The fire was discovered when area fire departments responded to a fire alarm at the church. The York County Fire Marshall’s Office has deemed the fire to be arson. The York County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in this case.
Through their investigation, deputies identified the suspect as being 43 year-old Fredrick Gordon Hunter IV. Arrest warrants were obtained on Hunter; the investigation determined Hunter to be in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Hunter, with the assistance of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested on December 30, 2010, without incident. Hunter was at his parent’s residence in Maryland at the time of his arrest.
Hunter did waive extradition and he was been returned to York County; he is currently incarcerated at the York County Detention Center. Hunter has been served with seven felony arrest warrants for 3rd Degree Arson; all warrants stem from the December 23, 2010, arson.
This investigation was a cooperative effort involving several law enforcement agencies including the York County Sheriff’s Office, the York County Fire Marshall’s Office, the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
I’ve known Fred most of my life (going on 20 years now)… and I can say this is NOT like him at all. No prior offenses, not a violent guy. I will say the last few years we were in contact leading up to this incident he was beginning to act quite strange- paranoid, elusive, reclusive, etc. I don’t support what he did at all, but those crazy-zealot church people (he was affiliated with) will push the already mentally unstable over the edge and I believe that is exactly what happened with my friend. I am speaking from first hand experience- I attended and even volunteered/worked at the sister church up here in Maryland, Christ Revealed Miracle Tabernacle. Krazy ass hypocrites with a “K”! I am praying to the true God for my friend Fred. Please, show him grace, at his core, he is a good man.
I met Fred in high school in 1994 and we became good friends. I remember Fred as being one of the kindest and most genuine people I’ve met. He had a way of connecting with everyone, people from all walks of life, while managing to be the same, authentic person. The last time we spoke he was searching for himself and was excited about an opportunity to serve in a ministry – and was moving down South to do so. I don’t know what happened since then, but I wish we had stayed in touch. Nate, we never met but I remember he always spoke highly of you.