On the evening of January 23, 2021, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, 18-year-old Digarian Mikal Foster and his 17-year-old friend Zyon Minton were warming themselves by a fire outside a home on Byars Street when they were ambushed and shot multiple times. Both teenagers were taken to Piedmont Medical Center and died of their injuries. A detective described the deaths as execution-style and said there was no argument or fight beforehand.

Investigators alleged Foster had cooperated with police in a May 2020 investigation and was labeled a snitch, prompting a conspiracy to kill him. Within a month, three teenagers who had known the victims were arrested: Jon’tarius Delmone Reid, 18, and Kelvin Barnette Jr., 18, were charged with two counts of murder each; 17-year-old John’Quavious La’Quan Kelly was also charged with two counts of murder and was prosecuted as an adult. All three faced conspiracy to commit murder and firearm charges and were held without bail pending trial. Foster’s grandfather and Minton’s mother spoke in court about the loss and the senselessness of the killing.

Did anyone in the Rock Hill area know Foster or Minton well enough to add context about their lives or the events leading up to January 23, 2021?