Jaquez Deonte Butler was 16 and from Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Known to friends as 2 Quez, he attended Goose Creek High and was described as outgoing and socially active. Born December 19, 2004, he was killed on the evening of Tuesday, June 22, 2021.

North Charleston Police officers responded to a shooting in the 3700 block of Pine Field Court and found Jaquez with an injury consistent with a gunshot wound. Officers rendered first aid until Charleston County EMS arrived, but he was pronounced dead at the scene; the Charleston County Coroner, Bobbi Jo O’Neal, listed the time of death as 8:22 p.m. His family held a public viewing in North Charleston and friends left messages on a memorial page expressing their grief.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Pine Field Court on June 22, 2021, please come forward and share what you know.