Desmond Lamar Dezz Parks was 29 when he was shot and killed on Old Easley Bridge Road in Greenville, South Carolina, in the early morning of November 5, 2020. He was driving with a passenger at about 1:00 a.m. when his ex-girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, began following the vehicle and allegedly fired at it, striking Parks at least once. The passenger escaped unharmed and neighbors reported hearing screams around the time of the shooting.

Parks was a father of four — daughters Jakatelyn and Telaya Parks and sons Nijaylen and Cassidy Parks — and is survived by his parents, siblings, and paternal grandmother. Robinson turned herself in and was charged by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; she was denied bond at a hearing attended by at least 20 family members. Desmond’s mother addressed Robinson in court, asking why this happened and expressing the family’s heartbreak.

If anyone has information about what happened on Old Easley Bridge Road that night, please share what you know.