John Richard Taylor, a 30-year-old Black man from Greenville, South Carolina, was shot during an altercation on Haughty Court on May 19, 2020. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office reports the dispute between two men escalated into a physical struggle just before 3 p.m., during which Taylor was struck by multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies and medics found him critically injured on the pavement; he was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital and died a few hours later, just after 7:30 p.m., from those wounds.

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting arose from a fight and that investigators were interviewing an individual believed to be directly involved, adding they were not actively seeking other suspects. Obituaries identify him as John Richard Valdiaz Pooh/Joog/Fathead Taylor, son of John Walter Jones and the late Earline Michelle Taylor, and note he left two sons, an adoptive grandmother, three sisters, and other relatives. The case remained under investigation with no publicly noted formal charges or outcomes.

Did anyone in Greenville know John Taylor or witness the confrontation on Haughty Court who can add details?