Late on a Monday in May 2014, 30-year-old Jessie Slater III was found on a walking path in the Manville area of Bishopville, South Carolina, suffering from a single gunshot wound. Emergency responders were dispatched to the 400 block of Manville-Wisacky Road around 10:40 p.m. on May 5, but Slater had bled to death from a thigh wound before help could reach him; the initial 911 call did not give a precise location for paramedics.

Within days the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested two local men, 21-year-old Marquis Jarell Boyd and 28-year-old Antonio Chauncey Wilson, and charged both with murder. Investigators said the shooting grew out of ongoing conflicts: Boyd reportedly had a dispute with Slater over money and Wilson harbored a grudge from a previous assault. Alcohol was also cited as a factor, and both suspects were said to have been present when the shooting occurred; authorities did not specify who fired the fatal shot.

Slater, a son of Jessie Slater Jr. and Angelia Slater Simon who attended Lee County public schools, was buried at Saint Mark Baptist Church Cemetery in Bishopville. If anyone has information about the events that led to that night, please share what is known.