Funeral held for Sumter shooting victims

The Sumter mother of three kids killed by her ex-husband laid them to rest today.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)— The Sumter mother of three kids killed by her ex-husband laid them to rest today.

Their funeral was held earlier this afternoon at Christ Community Church on Loring Mill Road and a public viewing was held yesterday at Job’s Mortuary.

Last week police say Aletha Holliday’s ex-husband, Charles Slacks, a veteran, shot and killed her co-worker Command Sergeant Major Carlos Evans and her three children.

He then turned the gun on himself.

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