On October 19, 2018, 27-year-old Brady Michael Blymiller, a white male, was shot and killed in Pelzer, South Carolina. The incident occurred at a residence on Green Street, where Blymiller had gone to retrieve a stolen item belonging to his girlfriend. An altercation ensued, during which Blymiller was shot. He was found unresponsive at the scene and was pronounced dead shortly after.
The primary suspect in the shooting was identified as 31-year-old Todd Hampton Wingard of Donalds, South
Carolina. Following the incident, Wingard fled the scene, prompting a manhunt by law enforcement. Blymiller's mother made a public plea for Wingard to surrender to the authorities. On October 31, 2018, Wingard was located and arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, with assistance from the Greenville County and Anderson County Sheriff's Offices. He was found hiding in a shed behind a home on Old Pelzer Road in Piedmont and was taken into custody without incident.
Wingard was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Following his arrest, he was booked into the Anderson County Detention Center. The legal proceedings against Todd Hampton Wingard for the death of Brady Michael Blymiller commenced, though specific details regarding the trial, verdict, and sentencing are not readily available in public online sources.
