Andrew Marquise Trapp, 34, was fatally shot on August 2, 2020, after gunfire broke out at a large gathering of about 200 people on Cole Trestle Road in Blair, South Carolina. He was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries; two other people were wounded that night. Trapp was a Newberry High School graduate, a father of three, employed at Samsung in Newberry, and remembered by family as generous and devoted to fishing, baseball, and time with loved ones.

The ensuing investigation led to the arrests of three people, two friends and a young cousin, who were charged with murder. One arrest announced in November 2020 named Cortez Javar Whitener, 20, who faced murder, attempted murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, and weapon-in-violent-crime charges. Trapp’s family launched the Andrew Trapp Outreach to honor his memory through holiday giveaways and community charity.

If anyone attended the gathering on Cole Trestle Road or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.