Jaheil Dyiir Thompson, 23, known to family and friends as JD, was shot to death inside an apartment at a complex on Glenwood Street in Belton in the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025. Deputies responded to a shots-fired call around 3:00 to 3:40 a.m.; first responders found Thompson with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Paramedics and deputies performed CPR but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Anderson County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death as gunshot wounds and classified the death a homicide.

Authorities described the incident as a domestic altercation inside the unit and said Thompson did not live at the complex. A woman was present in the apartment; her identity and role have not been released. Detectives interviewed 23-year-old Damaruis Lamont Morton, who was at the apartment, and charged him with voluntary manslaughter and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Booking records also show a hold for another agency related to unrelated Greenville County charges.

Obituaries in Newberry and an online fundraiser memorialized Thompson as a devoted son and community presence whose death left family and friends reeling. Does anyone have information about Thompson, the apartment on Glenwood Street, or the events that night that could help clarify what happened?