Jason McMullen Shannon, 43, was fatally shot on the night of Friday, August 19, 2022, on North Willow Lake Road in Lancaster, South Carolina. The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office recorded the time of the fatal shooting at about 10:02 p.m.; Shannon was pronounced dead at the scene.
Born May 8, 1979, in Darlington, Shannon was a graduate of Lancaster High School’s class of 1998 and had been a skilled wrestler. He worked for many years as an auto detailer at Hughes Auto Group and was remembered for his love of the outdoors, fishing, and automobiles. He is survived by his parents, Mack Harrison Shannon and Veronica Elaine Barnes Shannon, a brother, and eight children — five daughters and three sons. Funeral services were handled by Crawford Funeral Home.
Two days after the shooting, on August 21, 2022, 19-year-old Daquereun Pemberton turned himself in to the Lancaster Police Department and was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in connection with Shannon’s death.
Did anyone who knew Jason or who was in the North Willow Lake Road area that night see anything that could help explain what happened?