On June 26, 2018, in Reevesville, South Carolina, 42-year-old Darren Elmore was shot and killed while riding a lawnmower in his backyard. The shooting followed a verbal argument with his ex-wife, 29-year-old Ella LaQuarles Harrison-Elmore. Responding officers found Elmore unresponsive and pronounced him dead at the scene from gunshot wounds; the caller to 911 was Harrison-Elmore, who reported the argument and told the dispatcher that his intestines were out.

An affidavit from the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office says Harrison-Elmore confessed to the shooting. A witness told investigators they heard her say she was going to kill the victim and then heard her admit to shooting him. Harrison-Elmore was located at a neighbor’s house and arrested; she was charged with murder and booked into the Dorchester County Detention Center.

What information about the events that afternoon or witnesses has not yet been shared with investigators?