Carl Donnelle Boyd, 27, was shot after answering a knock at his Cherokee Street home in Aiken, South Carolina, on the evening of Thursday, December 20, 2018. Emergency personnel transported him to a local hospital, but he died of his wound and his death was ruled a homicide.

Aiken Department of Public Safety reported two men had been at Boyd’s door when the shooting occurred. Motive was not immediately clear. In the days after the slaying one person was taken into custody in connection with the home invasion and shooting and was reportedly being held at the request of the U.S. Marshal Service; further identity and charge details were not widely publicized.

Friends and family remembered Boyd as the community mourned. What happened that night and how the investigation reached its current status remain unanswered. Did anyone in Aiken have information about the two men seen at Boyd’s door?