Steven Douglas Cochran was 50 and the building manager of Hampton Garden Apartments on Holly Street West when he was shot and killed on August 1, 2015. Coy tenants and passersby watched as Cochran confronted a group of men loitering on the property and called Hampton police for help. While he was on the phone with an officer, his call turned into screams; a bystander then reported the attacker ran up and shot Cochran multiple times. The gunshots were heard by the officer on the line and by several witnesses at the scene.

Investigators arrested 26-year-old Sidney Antoine Holmes of Walterboro. Holmes was charged with murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, and unlawful possession of a weapon. A jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts after a two-day trial at the Hampton County Courthouse, and in March 2017 a judge imposed consecutive prison terms totaling 51 years for the killing of Cochran.

Did anyone in Hampton at the time see that group on Holly Street West or have information about the confrontation that led to Cochran’s death?