On the night of February 19, 2017, 21-year-old Ray Anthony Deas Jr. was fatally wounded in a shooting in North Charleston, South Carolina; another man was also injured that night. The investigation led to arrests of two men: Davon Laval Heyward, then 37, was charged with murder, attempted murder, a weapons violation and filing a false police report; Dandre Levon Middleton, also 37, faced attempted murder and a weapons violation charge.

More than two years later, in March 2019, prosecutors dropped all charges against both Heyward and Middleton, citing insufficient evidence. Prosecutors said the sole eyewitness gave statements described as inconsistent and implausible, and that they could not disprove possible claims of self-defense. The fatal shooting therefore remains unresolved.

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