Donovan Smalls was a 20-year-old Benedict College student from Goose Creek studying technical engineering when he was fatally shot in the early morning of April 14, 2019. The shooting occurred at a house party on Summers Avenue in Orangeburg, South Carolina that had drawn noise complaints before gunfire broke out. Officers found Smalls on the ground with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. A female Claflin University student was wounded but survived.

Investigators say the violence began when Amber Green, 20, fired a gun and others at the party returned fire. Police identified 19-year-old Tyler Jamal Givens as the person who fired the fatal shot; video reportedly shows Givens arriving with three others and later firing a weapon. Givens was arrested and charged with Smalls’ murder. Another man, Ozante Fields, also faced charges in connection with the killing. Does anyone who attended that party or who knew Donovan have information that could clarify what happened that night?