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.





