On the evening of Sunday, September 27, 2020, 22-year-old Travis Zidel Jiles was found lying in the street on the 2200 block of Carlos Street in Camden, South Carolina, after suffering a single gunshot wound to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Kershaw County Coroner.

Travis was a 2016 graduate of Camden High School, remembered by family and friends as a devoted son, brother, and friend who loved music and sports. He had been active in the junior beta club and attended Coastal Carolina University as a HOPE scholar studying computer science.

Camden Police identified a suspect, Lonnell Damon Duckett, Jr., who was arrested and charged with Jiles’s murder; authorities said the investigation remained ongoing and additional charges could follow. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.