2 charged after neighbor dispute leads to fatal shooting, Sumter sheriff’s office says 

A man and a woman are in custody after a dispute between neighbors turned fatal on Thursday, Nov. 12.

According to Mark Bordeaux, public information officer for Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call of a shooting on Roche Road at around 5 p.m. Witnesses told deputies that two neighbors had gotten into an altercation that involved alcohol. 

Using witness descriptions and Flock cameras, investigators identified the suspect's vehicle and issued a Be-On-The-Lookout alert. Within an hour, deputies and officers with Sumter Police Department had the vehicle stopped near North Guignard Drive and West Liberty Street. 

Tajaddin Waled Blackwell, 49, was transported to Prisma Health Richland in Columbia for his injuries. He died Friday afternoon, according to Bordeaux.

The suspects, Thornton Letrawn Wells, 28, of Roche Road, and Tan’jah Mayonna Vaughn, 27, of North Main Street, were detained and charged.

Wells is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, while Vaughn is charged with accessory after the fact to a felony, according to Bordeaux. 

Both suspects remain in custody and are awaiting bond hearings at Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center.