On the evening of January 7, 2021, 22-year-old Tyrone Dupree, a Black/African American man, was found unresponsive from an apparent gunshot at the Rivers Edge Apartments on the 500 block of East Buena Vista Avenue in North Augusta, South Carolina. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators identified 23-year-old Deandre Malik Davis as a suspect and took him into custody. Davis was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime and booked into the Aiken County Detention Center. Reports noted prior arrests for reckless conduct and pointing a firearm in 2018 and for financial institution-related charges in 2019.

A motive was not immediately released as the investigation continued and evidence and witness statements were processed. If anyone has information about Dupree, his movements that evening, or the events at Rivers Edge Apartments, please come forward.