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Thursday, February 28, 2013  Sumter Police are investigating a shooting that left one woman dead Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  A 13-year-old boy is accused of setting fires that damaged three homes in Sumter last week.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  More than two months after a deadly shooting in Sumter, police have arrested three men.

Monday, December 03, 2012  A fire that occurred at a Sumter business early Monday morning is under investigation by the Sumter Police Department.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  The Sumter Police Department is investigating an attempted child abduction they say occurred Monday evening.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Sumter Police are looking for a white 1990's model Ford Mustang that could yield information in the hit-and-run death of an elderly woman near Tuomey hospital.

Thursday, October 25, 2012  A 70-year-old woman was killed this morning in Sumter after being struck by a vehicle, according to the Sumter Police Dpeartment

Monday, October 08, 2012 

Saturday, August 04, 2012  A Sumter man is dead after being shot Saturday morning.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  Sumter Police say a crowd of witnesses helped catch a trio of robbers after they stole a purse at the Broad Street Piggly Wiggly.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Approximately eight home burglaries are being investigated by the Sumter Police Department.

Friday, May 18, 2012  The Sumter community was out in full force to donate blood.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Two men have been arrested in the shooting death of a man in Sumter last weekend.

Sunday, April 22, 2012  The Sumter Police Department is investigating a Saturday night shooting.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Investigators with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division with the assistance of the Sumter Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office conducted a four month undercover operation in the Statesburg / Wedgefield areas of Sumter County.