In the early hours of July 5, 2022, multiple shots were fired at three homes belonging to the family of 31-year-old Steven Stallons on Bethel Road in Darlington County, South Carolina. Deputies who arrived found two men with gunshot wounds; Stallons was pronounced dead at the scene and the coroner later ruled his death a homicide. Another man shot that night survived.

Within days, five people were arrested in connection with the incident: adults Nathan Edward Wallace, Shaquan Ryheen Thomas, Eereon Alphonso Hickman, and Lawrence Previtte, plus a juvenile whose name was not released. Wallace, Thomas, and Hickman face charges including murder, kidnapping, attempted murder, armed robbery, and criminal conspiracy; Previtte was charged as an accessory before and after the fact, and the juvenile faces charges similar to the three adults.

The Stallons family described Steven, born in Hartsville, as a generous mechanic, a protective father of three, a son and brother who was deeply loved. Prosecutors have said forensic analysis is ongoing and that the case’s complexity has delayed trial setting. Did anyone in the Darlington or Hartsville area know Steven or see anything relevant that night?