Sumter Man Arrested for Attempted Murder

10:21 AM, Mar 14, 2013   |    comments
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Timothy Wilson (courtesy Sumter P.D.)

Sumter, SC (WLTX) - Sumter Police have charged a man with attempted murder in connection to a shooting incident from Wednesday.

Detectives say at approximately 4:45 p.m., Timothy Wilson, 22, of Sumter, shot a man at a home on Carolina Avenue.

Detectives say the suspect and victim had been in an ongoing dispute over a female acquaintance. When the victim and the female stopped by a mutual friend's home, Wilson fired several shots at the victim, who was sitting in a vehicle outside.

Police say the victim was grazed in the head by a bullet, but the injury was a non-life threatening injury.

According to detectives, after the shooting Wilson took off on foot when law enforcement arrived, but was arrested a short time later.

Wilson also faces charges for Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime and Possession of a Stolen Pistol. He is currently being held at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center pending a bond hearing.