Hedien Goodman, 22, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of June 22, 2020, in Loris, South Carolina. He had been at a local nightclub that night and left around 4 a.m., walking along Cedar Branch Road when a car pulled up beside him. Goodman was struck multiple times; after falling to his hands and knees he was approached by the driver, who fired a final fatal shot to the back of his head. Horry County police found him dead on Cedar Branch Road around 4:20 a.m. on June 23, 2020.

Investigators identified 28-year-old Laquandian Bromell as the driver and arrested him on murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime charges. Prosecutors introduced surveillance video showing the sequence of events and said there had been prior disagreements between Bromell and Goodman. The judge denied bond, citing the violent nature of the killing and Bromell’s history; prosecutors also noted that prosecutors had dropped a 2018 manslaughter charge against Bromell four months earlier. Florida authorities expressed interest in speaking with Bromell about a separate murder in their jurisdiction.

Were any readers in Loris that night aware of altercations or anyone who saw Goodman walking on Cedar Branch Road?