A shooting on James Island ended the life of 43-year-old Irvin Green on the evening of December 13, 2014. Green was found on Honey Hill Road with multiple gunshot wounds; the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office responded and opened an investigation.

Detectives focused on two men, Devante Marquez White and Clifford Malcolm Whaley Jr. An affidavit said cell phone records showed communication between White and Green before the killing, and calls between White and Whaley both before and after it. Witnesses placed both men near the scene around the time of the shooting; one witness reported Whaley wearing a white t-shirt with what appeared to be blood, and another said White was seen carrying a black and white Nike bag identified as belonging to Green.

Based on that evidence, both White and Whaley were arrested, and White was charged with Green’s murder.