Matthew Earl Roach, 40, of Elgin, South Carolina, was found fatally shot on the grounds of the Shivers Green Hunt Club in Ridgeway, Kershaw County, on the morning of December 26, 2022. A 911 call reporting that a man had been shot came in at about 11:10 a.m.; when deputies arrived they found Roach had died at the scene. Authorities initially characterized the event as a hunting accident, and the Kershaw County Coroner’s Office, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office opened a joint investigation.

Roach was a married father of five, an avid outdoorsman, and the head coach of the SC Diamondbacks 11U baseball team. Law enforcement has not released detailed information about how the shooting occurred, who else might have been involved, or the sequence of events that led to his death, and no arrests or suspects have been publicly named. If anyone was at the Shivers Green Hunt Club that day or has information about what happened, please come forward.