On the afternoon of Sunday, April 12, 2026, a domestic dispute at a Mitchell Street home in Sumter, South Carolina, ended with the fatal shooting of 42-year-old Jarmel Benjamin Ellis. Sumter Police officers responding to a call about the shooting at approximately 3:45 p.m. found Ellis inside the residence with a gunshot wound. Emergency personnel transported him to Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Also inside the home was 33-year-old Devon Brown, who lived at the same address. Brown was taken into custody at the scene and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; he was booked into the Sumter County Detention Center. The incident is described as domestic-related and remains under investigation.

If anyone has information about what led to the dispute or witnessed activity on Mitchell Street that afternoon, please share what you know with the Sumter Police Department.