Katy Brooke Jones, known to family and friends as Sassy, was a 36-year-old Williamston, South Carolina resident who worked as a Production Supervisor at NRTC Automation, a Labor and Delivery nurse at AnMed, and a nail technician. She was described as compassionate and dedicated to caring for others.

On the morning of Friday, May 17, 2024, Jones arrived for her shift at NRTC Automation in Piedmont and was sitting in her car in the company parking lot on Exchange Logistics Park Drive just before 6:45 a.m. A man approached her vehicle and opened fire. Jones was shot multiple times, treated at the scene, and transported to a Prisma Health hospital, where she died at 7:49 a.m. The coroner ruled her death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators identified 33-year-old Derek Snyder, a former coworker at NRTC, as the suspect. Evidence from the scene led officers to Georgia; Snyder was located in Buford, taken into custody after a traffic stop and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He was returned to South Carolina under a Governor’s Warrant and was held in the Anderson County Detention Center with bond denied.

If anyone knew Katy, worked with her, or has information about the shooting, please come forward to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.