Paul Harts, a 19-year-old rapper known as 18veno from Winnsboro, was shot and killed on January 23, 2021, on McShea Drive in York County, just outside Rock Hill. The shooting occurred during what was arranged as a marijuana sale; Harts was driving with his lifelong friend Khalil Lahenra Robinson in the passenger seat and Christopher LaMont McCollough in the back. A violent struggle unfolded inside the car, at least three guns were present, and multiple shots were fired. Harts was struck by two separate bullets from two different guns and was driven to Piedmont Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. McCollough was wounded in the arm during the incident.

Investigators arrested Robinson, then 20, on February 4, 2021, and McCollough the next day. At trial in February 2022 jurors heard competing accounts: prosecutors said McCollough tried to rob Harts, while the defense said McCollough acted in self-defense after being confronted by Harts and Robinson. Robinson testified that he fired a shot during the struggle that accidentally hit Harts in the head; an autopsy confirmed Harts was hit by bullets from two different caliber guns. McCollough was acquitted of murder but convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years; Robinson later pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and received a two-year sentence followed by two years probation.

Does anyone have information about Harts’ movements that day or about witnesses who saw the car on McShea Drive?