In the early morning hours of April 23, 2022, 22-year-old Barry Ameer Dunham was fatally shot in the parking lot of a nightclub on Kentyre Road in Dillon, South Carolina. Deputies found Dunham around 3:30 a.m. lying between two vehicles with gunshot wounds. Emergency medical services transported him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival.

The Dillon County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and treated the nightclub parking lot as a crime scene. Dunham was a resident of Dillon County and known in his community. A reward of $1000 was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible. No public announcements about arrests or identified suspects have been made.

If anyone was in the area that predawn or has information about what happened, contact the Dillon County Sheriff’s Office.