On the evening of March 21, 2018, a dispute inside a unit at the Pinewood Apartments in Allendale, South Carolina, ended with 18-year-old high school senior Tyrek Mitchell shot multiple times. The argument reportedly began over a missing tablet. Inside the apartment, 28-year-old Jamel Dajour Williams locked the door, produced a handgun and threatened Mitchell. Witnesses said Mitchell tripped, raised his hands and pleaded before being shot. Another man in the unit, Raheme Granger, was shot in the face; both Mitchell and Granger were airlifted to a hospital in Augusta, Georgia.

Mitchell later died of his wounds. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Allendale Police Department identified a suspect from witness statements. Investigators say Williams fled into nearby woods after the shooting, leaving the weapon behind. Prosecutors charged Williams with murder, attempted murder and a weapons offense; a jury convicted him and a judge imposed a life sentence for murder plus additional concurrent terms.

Does anyone have information about Tyrek’s last weeks or who else was in that apartment that night?