Roosevelt Ellis Durant Jr., 32, was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday, April 12, 2020, at an illegal gathering held at a closed-down club on Gertie Circle in Lynchburg, South Carolina. He was from Olanta, an African American man, a Crestwood High School class of 2006 graduate and worked as a forklift operator. Family and acquaintances remembered him as loving and kindhearted who enlivened gatherings.

A 51-year-old man named Tyrone Burgess of Charlotte, North Carolina, turned himself in to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and was arrested and charged with Durant’s murder. An autopsy was scheduled by the Sumter County Coroner’s Office. The motive for the shooting and any relationship between Durant and Burgess have not been released, and detailed court outcomes have not been made public.

If anyone knew Roosevelt, attended that gathering, or has information about what happened that night, please share what can help the investigation.