On January 28, 2019, Joe Brown Weaver IV, a 47-year-old white man, was shot to death during a home invasion on Myrtle Place in Summerville, South Carolina. Four armed intruders broke into the house just after midnight; they also shot and killed Weaver’s dog and wounded another man who survived. A neighbor’s 911 call prompted police to locate a dark-colored Honda CRV leaving the area.

Officers pursued the vehicle from Dorchester County into Colleton County and used stop sticks to stop it. Four men from Beaufort County were arrested: Polo Keoki Salazar, Muanah Aruna Fortune Jr., Elijah Quinlin Green, and Devonte Trevon Major. Authorities recovered four guns and Weaver’s wallet that had been discarded during the chase, and said the CRV had been stolen from Walterboro. The suspects faced charges including murder, attempted murder, first-degree burglary, armed robbery, possession of a firearm during a violent crime, possession of a stolen vehicle, and ill-treatment of animals; bond was denied for all four.

Are there readers who knew Joe Weaver IV or who have information about the events that night?