SUMTER, S.C. — A man wanted in a deadly Sumter shooting earlier this month was arrested Saturday evening, according to Sumter police.
Tas’Je Spann,19, was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting on Patricia Drive on October 9.
Richard Martin, Jr., 33, from Sumter, was shot at 13 W. Patricia Drive, Sumter, at about 12:19 am. on October 9. He was transported to Prisma Health Richland where he succumbed to his injuries on October 23.
Sumter County deputies had been searching for Spann, who they say fired at the victim because of a dispute and then fled the area.
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Friday morning at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Sumter police say the investigation is ongoing.