William Player Holland, 30, died on October 9, 2017, after being shot in the chest at the Cayce, South Carolina, home of Dr. Adam Lazzarini. Holland, a medical equipment salesman, and Lazzarini had spent the day together after a scheduled procedure was canceled; the evening ended with Lazzarini showing Holland his handgun collection.

Authorities initially treated the shooting as accidental. The inquiry shifted after Lazzarini’s wife, Vanessa Biery, was found unresponsive in the same house on May 1, 2018; while her death was later attributed to a heart condition from mixing medications, the subsequent investigation uncovered evidence suggesting Lazzarini had given false and conflicting statements about Holland’s shooting. In May 2018 Lazzarini was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter; a warrant alleged he was under the influence of alcohol when he pointed a handgun at Holland’s chest and it discharged.

The criminal trial in February–March 2022 ended with a unanimous not-guilty verdict after an initial polling irregularity. Holland’s family had also filed a wrongful death suit but later ended the civil case following the acquittal.

Did anyone in the Cayce area know William Player Holland or have information about the events at Lazzarini’s home that night?