On the afternoon of June 26, 2022, deputies in Aiken, South Carolina, responded to reports of gunfire on Wadley Drive and found three male teenagers with gunshot wounds. Seventeen-year-old Willie L. Garrett IV and 16-year-old Ivan Perry were pronounced dead at the scene; a third victim, 16-year-old Cameron Carroll, Garrett’s cousin, was taken to Augusta University Medical Center and later died. All three were students at Aiken High School.

Witnesses reported a heated argument between the victims and three male suspects who left in a black Hyundai. Investigators linked the killings to a recent surge in local gang activity and identified three suspects: 18-year-old Xabian Bailey, 20-year-old Alvin Artis IV, and a 15-year-old. Bailey was taken into custody the day after the shooting; the 15-year-old later turned himself in. Artis was reported as wanted and remained at large, triggering a multi-jurisdictional search.

Willie Garrett’s death was part of a single incident that claimed three young lives and shook the Aiken community. Does anyone have information about the events on Wadley Drive that afternoon or knew Willie and the other victims?