Shooting suspects in custody, both charged with murder
SUMTER, SC (Oct. 20, 2021) – An 18- and 19-year-old are in jail following a fatal shooting Sunday on Hannah Street.
Shyquez Glen Singleton, 18, of David Court, and Jyreek Avontae Tywonne McLeod-Jay, 19, of Baker Street, are both charged with murder after turning themselves in to police. Singleton also is charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Officers were called to the scene after 3:30 p.m. Sunday where they found a man shot and lying in the road.
Bryan O. Myers, 31, formerly of Langley and who recently had been living in Sumter, was walking to a nearby business from Harmony Court apartments where he was staying when he was approached by two people and shots were fired.
Information gathered in the case indicates Myers and the suspects knew one another and had confrontations in past. It is unclear currently what those confrontations were about and if that factored into Sunday’s shooting.
Myers was treated at the scene before being transported to Prisma Health Tuomey where he later died.
Notification of his family was made by the Sumter County Coroner’s Office, which has scheduled an autopsy for later this week.
A first appearance hearing for the suspects was held Tuesday.
Both are being held at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center.
An investigation is continuing.
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Approved for media release by Chief Russell F. Roark, III
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