Monday, May. 12, 2008

Two men arrested in shooting death

SUMTER

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis says two men wanted in connection with the shooting death of one man’s wife have been arrested.

Dennis said Samuel Lee Montgomery Jr. was arrested Sunday afternoon at a Sumter motel and Sherald Anderson was arrested a little later at a bus station.

Coroner Verna Moore said 37-year-old Angela Anderson of Sumter died Saturday evening at a Columbia hospital from a gunshot wound to the back.

Dennis said that Angela Anderson apparently was living with another man and jealousy over her new relationship might have been a motive in the shooting.

Dennis says her husband, Sherald Anderson, was released from prison a few months ago and has been convicted of threatening a public official among other charges.

The Associated Press

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