On the night of February 2, 2018, shortly after 10 p.m., 60-year-old Larry Gaston was fatally shot on Country Club Road in Lake City, South Carolina. First responders found Gaston at the scene and the Florence County Coroner pronounced him dead; an autopsy was scheduled at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Gaston was a Black / African American man and a resident of Lake City.

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office and the Coroner’s Office opened an investigation but released few details. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; authorities have not disclosed a motive. The case remains open and unresolved, and the family continues to wait for answers.

If anyone has information about Gaston, his movements that night, or potential witnesses on Country Club Road around 10 p.m. on February 2, 2018, please make contact with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.