David Nickolitich Pugach, 26, was killed during a July 2021 shooting at the Spinx on John B. White Sr. Boulevard in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The violence began after an argument across the street between a moped rider and occupants of a car; the car’s occupants drove to the gas station to defuse the situation but were followed. The confrontation turned physical and the moped rider produced a firearm.

Pugach was struck in the torso and died despite emergency treatment; another person was shot in the back and survived. Witness video captured the incident, and the Spartanburg Police Department appealed for tips as it investigated and sought to identify the moped rider. It is not clear whether anyone has been publicly identified or arrested in connection with the killing.

Did anyone see or record the moped or the rider that night and can provide information to investigators?