A street dispute over a party invitation in rural Aynor, South Carolina, ended with 16-year-old Spencer Nolan Prince shot and killed on July 9, 2017. Prince, a Loris High School student, had been driven that night by 35-year-old Nathan Bell to a Good Luck Road residence after a phone argument with people who lived there. A physical fight broke out on arrival. During the melee, 47-year-old resident Michael Williamson retrieved a handgun and a single shot struck Spencer in the chest. Spencer was taken to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center and died of his injuries.

Police arrested Williamson and Bell. Williamson was charged with voluntary manslaughter, assault and battery, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; he sustained a deep cut above his eye and a scraped knee and said he acted in self-defense. Bell faced charges including unlawful neglect by a legal custodian and contributing to the delinquency of a minor; his criminal charges were later dismissed. Williamson’s case went to trial and he was found not guilty. Spencer’s family also filed a wrongful death suit seeking more than $20 million; the civil case outcome is not public.

Did anyone who knew Spencer or was in that area on July 9, 2017, see what happened that night?