Jonathan Hymes, 35, was fatally shot on January 27, 2026, in the 7600 block of Rosin Drive in North Charleston, South Carolina. First responders arrived after reports of a shooting around 12:30 p.m. and found Hymes suffering from a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Within days the North Charleston Police Department announced an arrest. The person taken into custody was identified as 51-year-old Jacqueline Scott Jones, described as Hymes’s domestic partner. Jones was booked at the Al Cannon Detention Center and faces one count of murder plus a weapon charge related to the commission of a violent crime.

The community is left to contend with a sudden, domestic tragedy while the legal process begins. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about events leading up to that afternoon, please come forward to the authorities.