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Evergreen Street Anderson Shooting

Darren D Martin

The Anderson County Sheriff's Office sent out a press release Tuesday afternoon announcing the arrest and charging of the suspect of a murder.

Anderson County deputies responded to a reported shooting Monday on Evergreen Street in Anderson.


When deputies arrived, they found 49-year-old Jessie J. Banks III in the front yard of his home with at least one bullet wound, and he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Tuesday morning, detectives detained a suspect in the murder.

By the afternoon, 50-year-old Darren D. Martin was formally charged with Murder and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime.

He admitted that he shot his neighbor in the face during an argument Monday night.