A birthday party in Greenville, South Carolina, turned deadly on the night of Monday, February 3, 2014, when gunfire at a mobile home struck 22-year-old Javario Santique Brooks in the abdomen. Brooks was taken to Greenville Memorial Trauma Center and was pronounced dead the morning of Tuesday, February 4, 2014.

Investigators arrested 29-year-old John Mark Cureton III of Greer and charged him with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He was held without bond at the Greenville County Detention Center as the case moved through court. Later court proceedings resulted in a conviction and a state prison sentence; records from 2022 list Cureton as incarcerated at McCormick Correctional Institution.

Anyone who attended that party or has additional information about the shooting is asked to come forward.