In the early morning of September 8, 2019, gunfire erupted at the Hop In convenience store and Sunoco station on Broad Street in Sumter, South Carolina. Thirty-year-old Gregory Donta Middleton was killed at the scene; his cousin, 30-year-old Michael Rogers, was transported to Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital and later died of his injuries. Authorities described the shooting as the result of rival gang activity.

Gregory, known as Donta and D-Black, was born November 26, 1988, and graduated from Sumter High School in 2007, where he played basketball and football. Family members remembered him as loving, kind, and someone who enjoyed cooking and spending time with family and friends.

Police identified and arrested several people in connection with the shooting. Joquell Wanye Myers, 23, was charged with Gregory Middleton’s murder along with attempted murder and weapons offenses; Diontrae Epps, 26, was charged in the killing of Michael Rogers and on weapons counts. Other men at the scene were also arrested on unlawful carry charges.

Did anyone who knew Gregory or Michael see them the night of September 8, 2019, or have information about events at the Broad Street station that morning?