Marvin Donnell Jones Jr., 17, was shot and killed inside an apartment at the Winnfield West Apartment Complex in Winnsboro, South Carolina, on the evening of Saturday, December 13, 2025. Fairfield County deputies responded to reports of gunfire around 11 p.m.; officers found Jones suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators from the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened an immediate investigation. Authorities identified another 17-year-old male as the primary suspect; he later surrendered to the sheriff’s office and was taken to the Fairfield County Detention Center. The suspect faces murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime charges. Officials said the two teenagers were the only people directly involved and did not immediately disclose a motive.

Funeral services for Marvin Donnell Jones Jr. were held Monday, December 22, 2025, at Nelson’s Funeral Home in Ridgeway, with interment at Fairfield Memorial Cemetery. Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?