On the morning of August 9, 2018, 26-year-old Marshall Lyles Cooper was killed during a home invasion at his Phelps Road residence in Blacksburg, South Carolina. Three armed men forced their way into the house and confronted Cooper and a 19-year-old female visitor from Shelby, North Carolina. The intruders searched the home asking about a dog, money, and drugs; as they were leaving, one of them fired a single shot that struck both Cooper and the woman. Cooper was pronounced dead at the scene; the woman suffered a gunshot wound to her arm and was treated and released from the hospital.

The investigation advanced after a gaming system stolen from the home turned up at a local game shop and led to a suspect. Arrests followed, with authorities naming Elijah Malik Thompson, Daniel Vaughn Eaton, and Dominique J Vonne Smith in connection with the break-in and shooting. If anyone has information about Cooper, that night, or the people involved, please share what is known.