Donna Major, 59, was shot and killed while working as a bank teller at CresCom Bank on 16th Avenue in Conway, South Carolina, on August 21, 2017, the day of a solar eclipse. According to accounts, a man identified as Brandon Michael Council entered the bank and approached Major at the teller counter under the pretense of cashing a check. He pulled out a .22-caliber handgun and shot her; as she tried to shield herself with papers he shot her again. After a coworker screamed and was fatally shot in her office, Council returned to Major, who was lying on the floor, and shot her once more before stealing about $15,000 and fleeing in the coworker’s car.

Council was apprehended a few days later in Greenville, North Carolina, and charged in federal court with the murders and armed bank robbery. A jury found Brandon Council guilty of the murders of Donna Major and Katie Skeen and sentenced him to death in October 2019. If anyone knew Donna Major, worked with her at the bank, or has information about that day, please share what you know.