In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Andrews, South Carolina, the quiet of the 300 block of Jones Avenue was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a report of shots fired at approximately 1 a.m. on April 26, 2015, police officers arrived to a grim scene. They discovered 42-year-old James Miller, a male resident of Andrews, lying in the roadway.
He had been shot multiple times in the torso and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation into Miller's death quickly focused on a single suspect: 19-year-old Devon Coombs, also of Andrews. The Andrews Police Department issued warrants for Coombs's arrest, publicly identifying him as the individual they believed to be responsible for Miller's death. Law enforcement officials cautioned that Coombs should be considered 'armed and extremely dangerous,' urging anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact 911 immediately. The search for Coombs extended as authorities worked to bring him into custody.
Following a manhunt, Devon Coombs, then 18 years old, was arrested in early May 2015. He was subsequently charged with murder in connection with James Miller's shooting. After his arrest, Coombs was held at the Georgetown County Detention Center to await a bond hearing. In a later development in the case, a man from Andrews pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter for the 2015 fatal shooting of James Miller.
