On a cold December day in 2016, a family gathering in Hampton, South Carolina, born of sorrow, tragically descended into further grief. Reginald James, a 44-year-old man from Estill, was shot and killed following an altercation. The man authorities identified as the shooter was not a stranger, but his own cousin, Marvin Lamar Singletary, then 43, of Hampton.
The sad events unfolded on December 30, 2016, at a gathering following the funeral of a family member.
An argument erupted between James and Singletary, escalating to a fatal point. After the shooting, which occurred at a residence on Lanes Loop, James was rushed by emergency services to Hampton Regional Medical Center, but his injuries proved too severe, and he succumbed to them.
In the aftermath of the tragic incident, Singletary turned himself in to law enforcement officials. He was subsequently arrested on December 31, 2016, and formally charged with the murder of his cousin.
Legal proceedings in the case against Marvin Lamar Singletary for the murder of Reginald James were scheduled to take place in Hampton County. Court dockets indicate that a jury trial was slated for the week of February 27 through March 3, 2023.
