A domestic dispute north of Santee, South Carolina, turned deadly on June 27, 2023, when 27-year-old Deonne Shyhme Johnson was shot in the head at a residence on Hampshire Court. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office reports an argument involving Johnson and the wife of 63-year-old Hercules Felder. Felder told investigators he intervened and retrieved a firearm; Johnson was transported to a local hospital and later died, with the Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office confirming the cause of death.

Authorities arrested Hercules Felder and charged him with murder; the matter is pending in the courts to establish the full circumstances of that afternoon. Few other public details about the confrontation have been released.

If anyone witnessed the incident on Hampshire Court or has information about Johnson’s movements that day, please come forward.