On the evening of September 13, 2022, 38-year-old Anthwon Washington was shot on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. Deputies from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call around 8:45 p.m. at the area of Ginseng Lane and Seaside Road and found Washington with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died there.

The sheriff’s office opened a homicide investigation and temporarily closed the scene while investigators worked to determine what happened. In the days after the shooting, authorities said the investigation was ongoing and asked the public for any information that could identify a suspect; no suspect had been publicly identified and no arrests or charges were reported.

If anyone on Saint Helena Island that night has information about the shooting or knows anything about who was involved, please share what you know.