WALTERBORO, SC - A woman in her forties was sentenced to decades in prison for fatally shooting her husband's lover in a car with a pink gun after she tracked him down using his Google account.
The woman, 43-year-old Michelle Gladys Bingley, was convicted on Thursday, October 29 of murder and sentenced to 35 years for the death of Tineseing Lachell Johns, Law & Crime reported.
Police responded around 11:30 p.m. on April 28, 2025, to a report of an unresponsive person on Grace Street in Walterboro. Upon arriving on scene, police found Johns with a gunshot wound under her arm. Paramedics rushed her to the hospital, where she died from her injuries.
Bingley turned herself in to police a few days after the shooting. She told detectives she learned her husband was cheating and that she used his Google account to track him to his mother's house. When she arrived, she found him in a car with Johns. Bingley told investigators she "lost her mind" when her husband refused to get out of the car.
She fired into the car with her pink gun, striking the victim. Bingley drove away and ditched the gun, which was never recovered. "I didn't mean to do anything," Bingley told investigators. "I just did it to scare him." But she later admitted, "I killed somebody."
The state called 12 witnesses during the three-day trial. Bingley was also convicted of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
"Domestic violence has devastating and far‑reaching consequences for families and communities," said Assistant Solicitor Tameaka A. Legette of the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office, who prosecuted the case. "As we recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, this case underscores the importance of early intervention and accountability. Our office remains committed to seeking justice for victims and ensuring that violent acts such as these are thoroughly prosecuted."
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