Search ends for man who hit toddler & adult with gun, South Carolina police say
The search for a South Carolina man accused of striking an adult and a child with a gun has ended.
At about 9 a.m. Monday, 32-year-old Sumter resident Rayshon Jamaal Foster surrendered to law enforcement, according to the Sumter Police Department. Foster will be booked into the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center, police said in a news release.
The search for Foster began over the weekend. Police said Foster was wanted on charges of possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a violent felony, three counts of pointing and presenting a firearm and two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
Police said officers were called to a business on Broad Street in Sumter at about 6 p.m. Saturday. The suspect is accused of walking into the business and pulling a gun, then striking a 21-year-old man and a 2-year-old child the man was holding. Both victims were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
There was no word about a motive for the attack.
Further information on the victims’ conditions was not available.
Police said Foster left the scene before officers arrived and was considered armed and dangerous.
This story was originally published June 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM with the headline "Search ends for man who hit toddler & adult with gun, South Carolina police say."
