One person arrested after Friday shooting in the Midlands. What we know

A man is in custody and is charged in a Friday shooting in the Midlands.

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested Staton Cole Montgomery, 21, and charged him with attempted murder.

The sheriff’s office said deputies responded at about 9 a.m. Friday after getting reports of a shooting on Childrens Lane in Sumter. That’s just off St. Pauls Church Road.

When they arrived, deputies found a person who had been shot. That person was taken by Sumter County EMS to Prisma Health Tuomey hospital.

Montgomery was taken into custody, the sheriff’s office said. He was being held in the Sumter County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing as of Friday morning, deputies noted in a news release.

This story was originally published December 5, 2025 at 11:59 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.