In the early hours of February 11, 2022, gunfire erupted at an apartment complex in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office received seven 911 calls about the shooting. Deputies found a wrecked vehicle nearby and Tykeil D. Fleming, 23, lying across the front seat with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries. Investigators recovered 18 shell casings at the complex and noted multiple apartments and vehicles had been struck by bullets. Witnesses said they saw a suspect firing toward two men.

Investigators identified Malik Tyheim Smith, also known as Swish Money, as the suspected shooter and linked the violence to a reported love triangle involving Fleming and a woman, Sharlize Burgos. Fleming had been visiting Burgos at her apartment the day of the shooting. Smith was arrested in South Carolina and charged with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; he later pleaded guilty and received a sentence of 30 years, suspended to seven years in prison followed by five years probation. Burgos fled to New Jersey after the shooting and was later charged with accessory before and after the fact; her case remains pending. Fleming’s family recalled he graduated high school with straight A’s and had served in the National Guard.