A 22-year-old Semmes woman is charged with both murder and attempted murder after a social media dispute between the suspect and two sisters turned deadly, with one of the sisters killed by a shotgun blast to the chest.

According to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, Semmes police responded to a residence on Ponderosa Drive South Friday on a report of shots fired.

When the arrived, officers found 23-year-old Honesty Shacole Holloway-Wilkerson dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. Holloway-Wilkerson’s sister, 14-year-old Germany Holloway-Wilkerson at another home on the same street, suffering from a gunshot wound to her right thigh.

Semmes police took the suspect — identified as Curtellius “Ericka” Denise Tapaingea James — into custody and requested Mobile County take the lead on the investigation.

In speaking with witnesses at the scene, Mobile County investigators learned James and two witnesses had left the Ponderosa Drive residence to have dinner. When they returned, all of James’ belongings had been thrown in the yard, her vehicle had been “keyed” and all four tires were flat.

The witnesses said the Holloway-Wilkerson sisters arrived at the residence and an argument between the two women and James ensued, culminating in James firing a shotgun at Honesty Holloway-Wilkerson, striking her in the chest.

James then reportedly chased Germany Holloway-Wilkerson, shooting her in the leg as the younger sister attempted to flee. Germany Holloway-Wilkerson was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Investigators learned from witnesses an ongoing social media dispute between Honesty Holloway-Wilkerson and James had been going on, but could not provide details as to the nature of the dispute.

James is in the Mobile Metro Jail, being held without bond pending an initial court appearance. She has prior arrests for domestic violence in both 2020 and 2019.