James Buggie Jesse Banks III, a 49-year-old Black man, was shot to death in Anderson, South Carolina, on the evening of February 3, 2020. Emergency responders found him in the front yard of a residence on Evergreen Street with a fatal gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the Anderson County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators determined the shooting occurred at a home on Evergreen Street and charged 50-year-old Darren Demetrius Martin of Anderson with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. According to the arrest warrant, Martin told law enforcement he shot Banks.

Banks was born in Jamaica, New York, on February 5, 1970, and lived in Anderson at the time of his death. If anyone knew Banks or has information about the events on Evergreen Street that night, please come forward.