Exavier Washington, 35, was found fatally shot in a North Charleston apartment on Kraft Avenue on the afternoon of February 4, 2019. Responding officers discovered spent ammunition casings and bloodstains inside the unit; Washington was located unresponsive in a rear bedroom and was later pronounced dead.

Investigators treated the incident as a targeted attack. Detectives developed evidence that led to the arrest of a man with the last name Smalls; Smalls was booked into the Charleston County Detention Center and charged with Washington’s murder, pending a bond hearing. The motive has not been released.

If anyone in the area that day saw or heard something that might help the investigation, please share what you know.