In the early morning hours of May 23, 2021, gunfire erupted in the parking lot of the One Love nightclub in North Charleston, South Carolina. Isa Duward Cooper, a 34-year-old Black man, was found with a gunshot wound to his torso by a Dorchester County Sheriff’s deputy who heard the shots around 1:00 a.m. He was taken to Trident Regional Medical Center but was pronounced dead at 2:06 a.m.; the Dorchester County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity and the cause of death.

The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation and, in the days after the shooting, identified a suspect. An individual with the last name Davis was arrested in connection with the case and the sheriff’s office continued to investigate the circumstances.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at One Love on May 23, 2021, or has information about what happened that night, please come forward. Could you help clarify the events leading to Cooper’s death?