A pre-dawn shooting at a convenience store near Anderson, South Carolina, on June 20, 2021, killed 27-year-old Shane Michael Ware of Belton and 30-year-old Tevin Jeriah Telford, and wounded a third man, Jamal K. Jones. Ware died of a gunshot wound to the chest; Telford died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. All three were taken to AnMed Health Medical Center, where Ware and Telford later succumbed to their injuries.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office investigation led to three arrests. Jamal K. Jones, one of the wounded, was charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Spencer Leverette was charged with unlawfully carrying a pistol and being an accessory after the fact to a felony, accused of assisting someone who had committed voluntary manslaughter. Andretti Gross was charged with unlawfully carrying a pistol.

Did anyone in the area witness the incident or know the victims well enough to share details that might clarify what happened that morning?