A dispute in Sumter, South Carolina, turned deadly in the early morning hours of May 26, 2022, when 36-year-old Laquinton Donell Laster was found shot outside a vacant home near West Fulton and South Sumter streets. Responding officers arrived about 8:30 a.m. after a report of an unconscious person and pronounced Laster dead at the scene. Investigators say the shooting was not random and appears to have followed a confrontation between people who knew one another.

Police believe gunfire was exchanged during the dispute; Laster fled on foot while two others left in a vehicle, and his body was located several hours later. The Sumter Police Department identified 33-year-old Ladonna Cortise Green and 24-year-old Damien Jeremiah Morgan as suspects. Green had been in a prior relationship with Laster. Both were taken into custody within a day and charged with voluntary manslaughter. The investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone in Sumter see or hear anything that morning near West Fulton and South Sumter streets?