On the night of August 29, 2016, 18-year-old Tzyah DaiQuaiz Nigery Peterson was found fatally shot in the roadway at the intersection of Williams and South 6th Street in Hartsville, South Carolina. A passerby discovered him at about 10:35 p.m. after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene and the Darlington County Coroner later attributed his death to an apparent gunshot wound; an autopsy was scheduled to determine the precise cause.

Tzyah, known to family and friends as Zyah, was born August 20, 1998, attended local public schools and worked at a Shoney’s restaurant in Hartsville. The Hartsville Police Department’s Detective Division opened a homicide investigation and has made public appeals for information, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been identified.

If anyone was in the Williams and South 6th Street area that night or has information about what happened, please share what is known to help bring answers for his family.