Akeem Malachi James Carr, 22, was fatally shot on August 6, 2019, in Walterboro, South Carolina. Calls about gunfire came in around 11:30 a.m. for the 700 block of Francis Street; Carr was found under a home’s carport with a single gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Colleton County Sheriff’s deputy nearby heard the shots and saw a dark-colored SUV flee. The deputy pursued the vehicle, which crashed near Pine Needle Street. Two men ran from the wreck and into woods, triggering a multi-agency search that ended about 6 p.m. when law enforcement surrounded a Grayson Street residence and located the pair hiding in the attic.

The arrested men were identified as 23-year-old Reakwon Daye of Walterboro and 22-year-old Kareem Risher of Smoaks. Both were charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and held without bond. The motive and exact circumstances of the altercation that led to Carr’s death remain under investigation.

Did anyone in Walterboro know Carr or see activity around Francis, Pine Needle, or Grayson Street that day?