On October 1, 2017, Al-Jaami Asa Sweet, a 40-year-old Black/African American man, was found in the driveway of a residence on Hunters Ridge Lane in North Charleston, South Carolina, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries. The North Charleston Police Department and the Dorchester County Coroner’s Office opened a homicide investigation to determine what happened and who was responsible.

On October 19, 2017, North Charleston Police and U.S. Marshals arrested 21-year-old Jaquez Gabriel Brown on Goer Drive behind Sea Island Linens. Brown was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection with Sweet’s death. Reports note Brown was on probation at the time for a 2013 attempted murder charge that had been reduced to assault and battery after a 2015 guilty plea.

Anyone who knew Al-Jaami Asa Sweet or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.