Dashamel Prince Drayton was 23 when he was fatally shot on the evening of January 20, 2018, on Bluff Road in Marion, South Carolina. Born in Jamaica Queens, New York, he had moved to Marion County, graduated from Marion High School in 2012, and was remembered locally for his friendly nature and as a member of the school wrestling team.

Gunfire erupted outside a local store; two people were shot and Drayton was transported to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston with a gunshot wound. He later died of his injuries. Marion Police identified a suspect with witness assistance and arrested Anthony Raynard Randall the next day about six blocks from the scene.

Randall was charged with murder in Drayton’s death and with attempted murder of another victim, plus multiple weapons offenses including possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, two counts of pointing and presenting a firearm, discharging a weapon within city limits, and unlawful carrying of a firearm. Did anyone in Marion know Dashamel or see activity on Bluff Road that night?