Sumter Police investigating fatal shooting

Sumter Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that left a 45-year-old man dead near the intersection of Council and Bartlette streets on Friday afternoon.

Officers arrived on scene after the shooting happened shortly 3 p.m. on Friday and found the body of victim in the roadway on Council Street, according to a news release from the police department.

As of Friday afternoon, the name of the victim had not been released, pending notification of the family.

The release states that a suspect, 74-year-old Nathan Smoot McBride, of 205 Council St., was arrested at his home a short time after the shooting and was charged with murder.

Circumstances surrounding the shooting are unclear at this time as detectives continue to investigate.