On the night of May 13, 2022, six-year-old Winston O’Conner Hunter was fatally shot inside his family’s home on McClain Street in the Woodford area of North, South Carolina. Winston had returned from a family gathering and was lying on the living room couch watching television when a vehicle pulled up around 11:30 p.m. and occupants opened fire into the house. Investigators found at least 21 bullet holes in the residence; Winston suffered gunshot wounds to the head and wrist and was pronounced dead at the scene after attempts at CPR by his father and 12-year-old brother.

Surveillance captured a light-colored sedan coming to and from the property, and shell casings at the scene were later linked by ballistics to firearms recovered during the inquiry. Law enforcement says the shooters targeted the home mistakenly, believing it belonged to a drug dealer they intended to rob or buy marijuana from; the family had no connection to drugs. Tips and a traffic stop in Ontario County, New York, led investigators to suspects who were later arrested. Winston’s family described the depth of their loss, noting he was killed a week before his kindergarten graduation; criminal proceedings were under way and several defendants faced murder charges.

Did anyone in the area know the occupants of the house or see the light-colored sedan that night?