Late on the night of August 18, 2017, 17-year-old Daquan LaKenneth Blackmon was a passenger in a vehicle near East Arch Street in Lancaster, South Carolina, when gunfire erupted. Blackmon was taken to Springs Memorial Hospital in critical condition and later airlifted to a Charlotte hospital, where he died of his injuries on August 20, 2017.

The Lancaster Police Department investigated and arrested two other occupants of the vehicle. Travis Belk, then 25, was charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. The driver, 23-year-old Quinterius Lamont Clinton, was charged with accessory after the fact to murder and accused of withholding information to protect Belk. Defense attorneys later said the vehicle had been fired upon first and Belk returned fire, a claim prosecutors said lacked supporting evidence. A judge denied bond for both men, finding them a danger to the community.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Daquan, please share tips with Lancaster authorities.