A late-night argument in Johnsonville, South Carolina, ended in a fatal shooting on October 30, 2022. The dispute began at a bar on First Neck Road and, according to investigators, continued as patrons left. Around 4 a.m. on Second Neck Road, gunfire erupted and 45-year-old Charles Britt McKenzie Jr. was struck multiple times while driving. McKenzie, a well-known local involved with Three Brothers Tree Service and J.R. Construction, was taken to Lake City Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities arrested 22-year-old Griffin Austin Fenters of Lake City and charged him with murder, attempted murder, and multiple weapons offenses, including possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, discharging a firearm into a vehicle, and pointing and presenting a firearm. Investigators say Fenters fired at McKenzie several times, causing the fatal wounds; the investigation was ongoing and Fenters was being held pending a bond hearing.

If anyone witnessed the incident on First Neck Road or Second Neck Road that morning or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please share what is known.