In the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 28, 2022, 32-year-old North Charleston resident Quantez Jackson was found unresponsive in a room at the Stayover Lodge on McMillan Avenue. Police were called about 1:00 a.m.; an employee directed officers to the room where Jackson was discovered without a pulse. Emergency Medical Services responded but Jackson was pronounced dead. The Charleston County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound.

The North Charleston Police Department opened a homicide investigation. As of the initial reports, there had been no arrests and no suspects publicly identified. Anyone who was in or around the Stayover Lodge that night or who has information about Jackson’s death is asked to come forward. What did readers in North Charleston see or hear that night?