On the night of May 12, 2019, 27-year-old Aterrio Monroe went to the Max Quick Stop on McMillan Avenue in North Charleston. Shortly before 11 p.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire outside the store and found Monroe in the parking lot with at least one gunshot wound. Witnesses told investigators a group had been arguing and fighting outside when the shooting began and a suspect fled in a dark-colored vehicle. Monroe was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina but died of his gunshot injury, the Charleston County Coroner’s Office confirmed.

Police collected physical evidence, interviewed witnesses, and publicly appealed for anyone present to come forward. On May 25, 2019, authorities arrested a man named Donte Benson and charged him with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime in connection with the May 12 shooting at 2000 McMillan Avenue. Corrections records later show Benson serving a five-year adult-straight sentence for voluntary manslaughter with an April 22, 2020 offense date; those records do not name Monroe but align with the shooting’s county and timing.

Did anyone who was at the Max Quick Stop that night see something that hasn’t yet been shared with investigators?