Kevin John Anthony Backus, 34, of Florence, South Carolina, was shot on the afternoon of Saturday, November 23, 2019. Florence police were first dispatched for reports of shots fired to Sumter Street and then to the 400 block of Curry Lane; officers found a wounded victim, and Backus was rushed to a local hospital where he died. The county coroner identified him and his body was taken for autopsy at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

The Florence Police Department treated the case as an open homicide investigation and released limited details while detectives interviewed witnesses and traced movements around the neighborhood. Within days police announced charges against three men: Satwaun Wallace Henryhand and Tyquan Jamar Johnson were each charged with murder and conspiracy, and Victor Bernard Johnson Jr. was charged with conspiracy and accessory before the fact to a felony. All three were booked into the Florence County Detention Center and held without bond pending court action; police did not release a detailed motive.

Subsequent reports show the accused remained under law enforcement scrutiny in later, separate cases, and media coverage notes at least one pending murder charge from November 2019 remained unresolved. If anyone knew Kevin, his movements that weekend, or witnessed activity on Curry Lane that afternoon, please share what we might have missed.