In the early morning of March 22, 2014, 21-year-old David N. Hammer of Fort Mill was shot and killed in the driveway of a mobile home on Fort Mill Highway in Indian Land, South Carolina. Deputies found Hammer with a single gunshot wound after a call that was upgraded from a disturbance to a shooting around 2:30 a.m. Reports say Hammer was heavily intoxicated, had been involved in an argument, and was seen assaulting a woman in the driveway. Witnesses included the property owner and landlord to Hammer’s sister, 57-year-old Douglas Jowers, and a neighbor.

Jowers and his wife came out to intervene; Hammer allegedly approached Jowers in an aggressive manner. Jowers, who had recently undergone surgery and was legally armed, fired one shot that struck Hammer. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office investigated the incident with the Sixth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. In May 2014 officials concluded Jowers acted in self-defense and, citing South Carolina’s stand your ground law as applied to someone on their own property, announced no charges would be filed and the case was closed.

If anyone knew David Hammer or witnessed what happened that night, does anyone have additional information to share?