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Man wanted in Columbia shooting death captured in Michigan

A second arrest has been made in the April shooting death of a Columbia teen.

Richland County Sheriff’s Department said in a Friday release that it has charged Sherman Lewis Jones, 21, with murder. He was arrested in Saginaw, Michigan, and will be extradited to South Carolina. He was being held in a Saginaw County jail without bond as of Saturday morning, court records show.

On April 13, Richland deputies responded to an apartment complex at 7648 Garners Ferry Road in response to a shooting. When they arrived, they reportedly found 19-year-old Braeden Heath with a gunshot wound to his upper body.

Heath was taken to a local hospital where he died.

Previously, on Sept. 9, deputies arrested Amelia Capers, 24, and charged her with accessory after the fact to a felony in connection with the case.

This story was originally published November 6, 2021 at 8:22 AM.

Chris Trainor
The State
Chris Trainor is a retail reporter for The State and has been working for newspapers in South Carolina for more than 21 years, including previous stops at the (Greenwood) Index-Journal and the (Columbia) Free Times. He is the winner of a host of South Carolina Press Association awards, including honors in column writing, government beat reporting, profile writing, food writing, business beat reporting, election coverage, social media and more.
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