Sherman Armand Sims, 32, was one of two people killed during a shooting at a Spartanburg motel on the afternoon of Thursday, December 12, 2024. Deputies were called to the HomeTowne Studios on Mobile Drive after a 911 caller reported having shot two people. At about 3:45 p.m., officers found Sims and 38-year-old Susan Marie Gonzalez inside a motel room; both had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators located 30-year-old Kayla Michelle Benton at a nearby apartment complex and took her into custody for questioning. Benton told police she acted in self-defense, but detectives say the evidence in the motel room contradicted that account. Reports state Sims, Gonzalez, and Benton had been together for about a day, during which verbal and physical altercations occurred and alcohol was believed to be a factor.

Benton was arrested and charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon, and was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center. Did anyone in Spartanburg know these three or have information about their movements on December 11–12, 2024?