On November 6, 2021, officers responded to a shooting in the Dovesville community of Darlington County, South Carolina, that left 20-year-old James Lamont Bishop dead. The Darlington County Coroner identified Bishop and investigators from the Sheriff’s Office treated the incident as a homicide, securing the scene and opening an inquiry into the discharge of firearms that took his life.

Bishop was born in Florence, South Carolina, and completed local public schools before earning a welding certificate from Florence-Darlington Technical College. Family remembered him as a sports fan who enjoyed football, basketball and baseball and supported the Green Bay Packers. Funeral services were held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

No suspects have been publicly named and no arrests are reported as of the information above. If anyone knew James or saw activity in Dovesville on November 6, 2021, please come forward with what was seen or heard.