On the morning of December 17, 2020, Vidal Bastien, 36, was found in his home on Fort Jackson Road in Lugoff, South Carolina, with multiple gunshot wounds. Responders found him conscious and able to speak, but he died after being transported to the hospital. The shooting prompted a temporary lockdown at a nearby elementary school.

Investigators quickly focused on a person who lived in the same house. Bastien identified that person while still alive. That individual initially told officers that he and his mother had been outside when they heard shots and claimed an unknown man fled the scene. Evidence investigators developed included a change of clothes and an attempt to hide a bag containing a firearm. The person later told police an argument with Bastien escalated, he felt threatened, and he fired multiple times; a pathologist later confirmed Bastien had been shot six times.

If anyone knew Vidal Bastien, his household, or was in the Fort Jackson Road area that morning, please come forward with information.