Quinton Tyree Williams was 21 when he was shot dead in Marion, South Carolina, on the evening of Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Officers responding to reports of gunfire at Eastbrook Estates on Bluff Street found Williams, a Black male, lying face down next to a vehicle in the parking lot; he had been fatally shot.

Investigators identified a suspect, and Paul Rashod Howard, then 30, was arrested and charged with murder along with counts for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, pointing and presenting a firearm, and discharging a firearm within city limits. Bond for Howard was deferred to the Circuit Court. In March 2024 a jury returned a not guilty verdict on the murder charge against Howard, leaving the community and Williams’s family without clear answers.

If anyone knew Quinton, witnessed the shooting, or has information that might explain what happened that night, please share what you know.