On the morning of July 15, 2015, a shooting at a residence on Old State Road in Holly Hill, South Carolina, left four people dead, including 17-year-old Shamekia Tyjuana Sanders. Law enforcement found 50-year-old Jerome Butler shot in the front yard and, inside the home, Shamekia, her 14-year-old sister Tamara Perry, and 28-year-old Krystal Hutto, all dead of apparent gunshot wounds. An eight-year-old boy was wounded and airlifted to a hospital.

Shamekia was born June 30, 1998, in Orangeburg and was a rising senior at Lake Marion High School and Technology Center, noted as an honor student active in cheerleading and JROTC. Authorities said the lifestyle of Christopher Dean Wright, father of three victims, was connected to the events; Wright was arrested on charges including unlawful neglect of a child, trafficking crack cocaine, and obstruction of justice. Dominique Washington was also charged with obstruction of justice.

State and federal agencies assisted the investigation. Three men were convicted in the murders and received life sentences. Does anyone have information about Shamekia’s life in Holly Hill or witnessed anything related to that July 2015 morning?