On the night of October 27, 2019, 38-year-old Jared Darnell Singley of Newberry, South Carolina, was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Hartford Community Center during a large, unregulated party. A dispute inside led to two people being ejected; the confrontation moved outside and escalated into a gunfight among three men. Singley was not part of that fight but was struck by a fatal gunshot while reportedly trying to shield other bystanders and guide them to his vehicle.

Investigators said the large number of attendees hindered cooperation, but forensic work and other techniques were used to identify suspects. In July 2020 authorities announced arrests: Kevin Michael Holland, 26, of Pomaria, and Curtis Ladarius Graham, 21, of Pomaria, turned themselves in on July 12, 2020, and Brandon Marquette Joiner, 35, of Newberry, who was in federal custody on unrelated charges, was also charged. All three were charged with murder, attempted murder, breach of peace of a high and aggravated nature, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Was anyone at the Hartford Community Center that night able to provide details about the sequence that led to the shooting or identify other witnesses?