On the evening of April 20, 2024, a shooting near the intersection of Emory Street and Hunt Street in Newberry, South Carolina, left 53-year-old Troy Leonard Sims dead. Officers from the Newberry Police Department found three people with gunshot wounds at about 9:30 p.m.; Mr. Sims was pronounced dead at the scene. One of the other victims was taken to Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia, and the third received treatment at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries.

The Newberry County Coroner’s Office has ruled Mr. Sims’ death a homicide, and an investigation is being conducted by the Newberry Police Department, the Coroner’s Office, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. No motive or suspect information has been released and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone has information that could help the investigation, please contact the Newberry Police Department.