Sumter, SC (WLTX) - Sumter police have arrested all five suspects in connection to a shooting that killed a 17-year-old.
Joshua Goodman, 17, was found wounded in the parking lots of a Peach Street apartment complex around 1:45 p.m. Sunday. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.
Police said 21-year-old Jaelon Markell Jackson, who is wanted for wanted for murder, attempted robbery, conspiracy and possession of a weapon during a violent crime turned himself in to authorities Wednesday night without incidfent.
According to a report, Goodman was shot by Jackson when attempting to buy marijuana from the suspects, who devised a plan to rob the teen prior to the transaction. The victim reportedly engaged in a struggle with one suspect before the shooting occurred.
The following suspects have been arrested:
- Shanice Octavia Bradley, 20, is charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and conspiracy.
- Diontre Brown, 18, is charged with murder, attempted armed robbery, conspiracy and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
- Dequan Lamont Washington, 21, is charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and conspiracy
- Joshua Smith Jr., 16, is being charged as an adult with accessory before the fact of armed robbery, accessory before the fact of murder and conspiracy.
Smith is being held at a state Department of Juvenile Justice facility, while Bradley, Brown and Washington were booked at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.
Jackson, who is on probation, and Brown previously pled guilty to strong armed robbery and weapons charges in a 2016 carjacking.
Anyone with information should call the Sumter Police Department at 803-436-2700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
