Jahalil Raheem Rashad Drayton, 21, was found with a gunshot wound in the back room of a home on 5th Avenue in Conway, South Carolina, on the night of April 3, 2016. He was initially breathing but unresponsive and was taken to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, where he later died. The investigation went cold for years despite efforts by the Conway Police Department and repeated appeals from his family for information.

A break came on January 9, 2020, when Conway police charged Antonio Xavier Mccray in connection with Drayton’s murder. Mccray was already jailed on unrelated robbery charges from late 2019; the evidence that produced the murder charge was said to be separate from those robbery investigations. After nearly 1,400 days, detectives announced the arrest, giving Drayton’s family and the community a long-awaited development.

If anyone knew Jahalil, his movements that night, or has information about the case, please share what you know.