Christavious Darby was 22 when a night out ended in deadly gunfire at the Pit Stop Pub on Bamberg Highway south of Orangeburg. In the early-morning hours of August 15, 2015, shots were fired in the club’s parking lot; Darby was struck and died at the scene while several other wounded men were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses told deputies the shooting followed an altercation inside the club and that a shooter drove off in a tan Saturn with tinted windows, firing multiple rounds toward people gathered outside. Investigators said Darby had not been involved in the earlier argument yet was the fatality. Authorities named Nazdric Gates and obtained a warrant alleging he was responsible; tips led to his arrest in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and he was returned to Orangeburg to face murder, attempted murder and weapons charges.

Anyone with information about what happened that night or who knew Darby is asked to come forward.