On the late afternoon of August 22, 2017, a neighborhood gathering on Leaping Frog Lane in the Lobeco area of Sheldon, South Carolina, ended in gunfire. Adrian Lamont Mont Manigo, 40, of the Jenkins Community of Yemassee, was shot after a confrontation with Dontarious Wright, who had been seen producing a 9 mm handgun and placing it in his lap. Manigo reportedly questioned Wright about the weapon and turned to walk away; Wright then stood and fired three shots, striking Manigo in the arm and right shoulder. One bullet pierced his lung, esophagus and two major blood vessels, and Manigo bled to death at the scene before EMS arrived.

Wright, then 25 and from Seabrook, fled but was found hiding in a neighbor’s shed the same evening and taken into custody. He was charged with murder and a weapons offense. At a March 2019 trial, witnesses testified Manigo was unarmed and had made no threats; the prosecution presented prior animosity and an alleged statement from Wright about shooting Manigo. After a two-day trial and 42 minutes of deliberation, the jury found Wright guilty. He received concurrent sentences of 40 years for murder and five years for the weapons charge.