Richard Thomas Ellison, 53, was working as a security guard at a vacant textile plant on Hollingsworth Drive when he was fatally shot during his shift on the night of August 28 or the early morning of August 29, 2014. His colleague, 65-year-old Bobby Wayne Wood, was killed at the same time; both bodies were found outside the guard house by a newspaper carrier, prompting a double homicide investigation.

Authorities later linked the killings to 23-year-old Evan Casey Bennett after a separate incident on September 1. Family members had confronted Bennett about the murders, and he then fatally shot his 58-year-old stepfather, Gregory Thomas Jones. Bennett subsequently shot and wounded an officer at the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center and died by a self-inflicted gunshot. Investigators reported finding a badge belonging to one of the murdered guards in Bennett’s room; police described the initial killings as a senseless thrill killing and noted Bennett’s prior stalking charge and history of mental health problems.

Did anyone who worked at the Hollingsworth Drive property or lived nearby notice suspicious activity around the guard house in late August 2014?