On Sunday, September 18, 2022, 52-year-old Brian Garris was shot and killed at his home in the 100 block of Landfill Lane in Gaston, South Carolina. Authorities say the fatal shooting followed a long-running family dispute with his 71-year-old stepfather, Carl Sims, and stemmed from an argument over Garris borrowing Sims’s vehicle the night before.

Deputies from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene and arrested Sims. He was charged with murder and booked into the Lexington County Detention Center pending a bond hearing. Sheriff Jay Koon described the incident as the culmination of a long-running family dynamic between the two men.

Did anyone in Gaston know of escalating tensions between Brian Garris and his stepfather that could shed light on what led to this violence?