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Tijuana Demetrius Johnson, 37, was shot and killed outside the Galaxy Foods grocery store in Estill, South Carolina, on May 29, 2021. The shooting followed a verbal dispute between Johnson and another woman, Tiffany Rebecca Owens, in the store parking lot. Surveillance footage recorded the encounter from Owens arriving and returning to her car, through a later exchange as Johnson left the store. The video shows Owens retrieve a Ruger .380-caliber handgun from her vehicle, drive toward Johnson, and fire a single shot that struck Johnson in the chest; Johnson was found bleeding near her car and died while being transported to a local hospital.

Owens initially told authorities she acted in self-defense, but the surveillance footage contradicted that account and led to her arrest. In January 2024 a Hampton County General Sessions jury found Tiffany Rebecca Owens guilty of voluntary manslaughter and she received a 20-year prison sentence for the killing of Tijuana Johnson.

Did anyone in the Estill community witness the parking lot confrontation or have additional information about the events leading up to the shooting?