Bertrand Troy Ganaway III was 17 and a senior at Eau Claire High School in Columbia, South Carolina, when he was shot on the afternoon of Saturday, May 21, 2022 — about a week before his graduation. Deputies from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department were called to the 300 block of Saddletrail Road around 5 p.m., where both Ganaway and an 18-year-old companion were found with gunshot wounds. Both teens were taken to a local hospital; the companion survived but Ganaway later died of his injuries.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department investigated and identified three suspects. Savion Thomas, then 17, and a 16-year-old were taken into custody and Thomas was to be charged as an adult. A third suspect, 20-year-old Dashan King, was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. All three were held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, with the two younger suspects placed in the juvenile wing.

If anyone knew Bertrand, his activities, or was in the area that afternoon, please share information that could help complete the picture of what happened.