Samuel Isiah Morgan was 21 when he was fatally shot just after midnight on June 24, 2021, on Bellfield Road in McCormick County, South Carolina. Family and friends remembered him as Sam, active in church, music and basketball, and close to his community.

Deputies responded to a 911 call reporting a fight at a home in the 900 block and found Morgan shot. A woman at the residence told investigators Morgan and others had come to her yard and a fight broke out between Morgan and her husband. She said she went back inside, then heard a single gunshot; when she returned she saw Morgan down and the husband holding a firearm. Deputies seized the gun and arrested Darren F. Reid at the scene; Reid was charged with murder and the firearm and other evidence were documented.

Investigators treated the death as a fatal shooting and reported the case remained open while awaiting further forensic work, including interviews and toxicology.