On May 26, 2018, a deadly confrontation at a residence on East Circle Lane in Florence, South Carolina, left 38-year-old Michael Ingersoll dead. A heated argument between Ingersoll and 28-year-old acquaintance Bryan Austin Seidle escalated when Seidle produced a firearm and shot Ingersoll multiple times. Ingersoll sustained four gunshot wounds to his head and torso and was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency responders arrived.

Florence County deputies identified Seidle as the primary suspect and arrested him the next day, May 27, 2018, charging him with murder. Seidle was convicted and, at a sentencing hearing on October 23, 2020, received a 30-year prison term with credit for 882 days already spent in custody. An appeal later raised an evidentiary issue about Ingersoll’s status as a registered sex offender; that challenge was rejected by the South Carolina Court of Appeals in 2024.

If anyone knew Michael Ingersoll or has information about the events at the East Circle Lane residence, please share what you know.