Rodney Cunningham, 53, was shot and killed while working as a security guard at Lancaster Motor Speedway in South Carolina on the night of Saturday, August 27, 2022. The shooting happened near the front gate and ticket offices during the final race of the night after a man identified as trying to enter without a required wristband was denied entry. Witnesses described the man as agitated; he produced a semi-automatic pistol and shot Cunningham multiple times. Bystanders and first responders provided aid, and Cunningham was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina–Lancaster Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Cunningham was a married father of six and a grandfather of seven; his family remembers him as kind and loving. A manhunt by the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of a suspect the following morning at the Roselyn Housing Development, and charges of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime were announced. Does anyone have information about that night or saw what happened at the speedway gate?