A long-running dispute over a small amount of money ended in gunfire outside a home on Fish Hatchery Road in Gaston, South Carolina, killing 28-year-old Barry Joe Chavis Jr. On March 27, 2020, Chavis, a certified small engine mechanic who enjoyed dirt bikes and four-wheelers, was confronted in his front yard. An argument quickly escalated and two armed men, Christopher David Shumpert and Daniel Taylor Jones, opened fire. Twenty-one rounds were fired from a 9mm handgun and a .300 Blackout rifle; two bullets struck Chavis in the back and he was killed instantly in his own yard. A second person with Chavis was shot in the leg and stomach and survived.

Witnesses identified Shumpert and Jones at the scene, and police located Jones at his Gaston home later that night and Shumpert at a hotel in Aiken County the following morning. Both were charged with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Anyone with information about Barry Chavis, the events that night, or the dispute that led to the shooting is asked to come forward.