Tevin Rashad Platts, 28, was found dead on September 18, 2021, after being shot in the upper body along Cypress Branch Road in Jasper County. Deputies discovered his body near U.S. 321 at about 5 p.m., and the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office immediately opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators identified a suspect known to Platts and questioned 31-year-old Clifford Gant of Fairfax, South Carolina, on October 12, 2021. After multiple interviews Gant was arrested and charged with murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and discharging a firearm into a dwelling. A second person, 20-year-old Quinniah Williams of Fairfax, turned herself in on November 4, 2021, and was charged as an accessory after the fact to a felony in connection with Platts’ murder. The specific nature of the relationship between Gant and Platts was not publicly disclosed.

Are there details about the events near Cypress Branch Road that could help clarify what happened that afternoon?