On the evening of Friday, August 2, 2019, 23-year-old Harry Tavaris Pinckney Jr., a Walterboro resident known to friends and family as Vari, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Northwoods Mall theater in North Charleston, South Carolina. The shooting also left another person injured and prompted a North Charleston Police Department investigation at the busy commercial location.

In November 2019 the police announced an arrest in connection with Pinckney’s death. An 18-year-old named Trayvon Carnegie was taken into custody and charged with murder; he was booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center. Pinckney’s obituary describes him as humble, respectful, family-oriented, and fond of fishing, and his death deeply affected his family and community.

Are there readers who knew Vari or who have information about the shooting that could help clarify what happened?