Quinnterrius Polite was 18 when he was ambushed and fatally shot at the former North Charleston Inn on February 24, 2017. Surveillance footage shows an attacker waiting in the hotel courtyard for 26 minutes before opening fire; Polite was struck six times, including several bullets in the back as he tried to flee.

Five days after the shooting, police arrested 25-year-old Tyree Shequille Johnson and recovered the firearm used in the killing. Johnson confessed to the murder; he was later charged in October 2017 and ultimately pleaded guilty during his trial in September 2021, receiving a 30-year prison sentence. Prosecutors pointed to Johnson’s prior firearm arrests in describing a pattern of gun violence.

Did anyone in North Charleston recognize either man or have information about the incident that led up to the shooting?