John Phillip Chitwood, 27, was killed on April 24, 2014, in Central, South Carolina after a dispute on Moser Street escalated to gunfire. A verbal argument between Chitwood and Benjamin Anthony Vinson ended when Vinson left the residence and returned a short time later, retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle’s trunk, and engaged Chitwood again in the front yard. Vinson fired, striking Chitwood in the lower abdomen.

Deputies and emergency services found Chitwood with a severe gunshot wound; he was taken to AnMed Health Medical Center for emergency surgery but later died of his injuries. Benjamin Anthony Vinson was arrested and initially charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. A circuit court judge denied Vinson’s attempt to dismiss the case under South Carolina’s Stand Your Ground law. In December 2015 Vinson pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a seven and a half year sentence, with credit for 20 months already served.

Did anyone in the Central area remember seeing either man on Moser Street that day or have information about what sparked the confrontation?