Angel Capers, 38, a U.S. Army veteran and mother of three, was shot to death at her Summerville home in the Cane Bay area on the late afternoon of August 4, 2025. Deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible burglary just before 3:30 p.m. and found Capers with multiple gunshot wounds; the Berkeley County Coroner pronounced her dead at the scene.

In the weeks before the killing, Capers had taken legal steps to protect herself, obtaining a protection order against her husband, Jeremy Lynelle Hewlett, 40, of Johns Island, and reporting multiple violations including unwanted messages and confrontations at her workplace. She had changed locks, kept her alarm armed, and installed cameras. Investigators say a man broke the glass of a rear door, entered the home, went upstairs and shot her multiple times.

Within a day, authorities identified her estranged husband, Jeremy Lynelle Hewlett, as the primary suspect and arrested him with assistance from neighboring agencies. Hewlett was booked into Hill-Finklea Detention Center and a magistrate denied bond on the murder charge the following morning. If anyone knew Angel, her routines, or has information about the days before August 4, please come forward.