On or around June 1, 2022, 19-year-old Kalik Conn was fatally shot on Highway 554 in the unincorporated Red Bluff Crossroads area of Horry County, South Carolina. Jeremiah Zachariah Dicker, 20, was also shot and killed in the same incident. Authorities describe the killings as the result of a planned armed robbery rather than a random attack.

Investigators arrested three suspects within days. Eighteen-year-old Dajon Malik Lavern Grate of Conway and 19-year-old Nasirea Brewnoplis Jerome Grate of Longs were charged with two counts of murder. A 17-year-old, Todd Allen Fry Jr. of Conway, was taken into custody on charges that include murder and accessory before the fact of a felony. Law enforcement says the three conspired to commit the armed robbery that led to the shootings.

What information do local readers have about Kalik Conn’s life or movements around Red Bluff Crossroads that might help explain how the robbery was arranged?