V’ron Monte Gibbs, 24, was fatally shot after a street encounter in Conway, South Carolina, on the evening of Saturday, April 19, 2025. The confrontation near Grainger Road and Marion Street began as a conversation and escalated into an argument that ended in a shooting at about 10:47 p.m. Gibbs was taken to Grand Strand Medical Center and died there just before 5 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, 2025.

Within hours the Conway Police Department identified and arrested two suspects. Thirty-one-year-old Traeqwan Wilson and 29-year-old David Chino Hunt were charged with murder; Hunt was also charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Both were held at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center without bail. City officials noted Gibbs’s death was one of two fatal shootings in Conway within ten days, and investigators said there was no evidence linking the two cases.

V’ron Gibbs was born December 11, 2000, in Sumter and attended schools in Sumter and Aynor. He was remembered as a good, honest, loving person who enjoyed music, television, and playing the drums. Does anyone who knew V’ron or was near Grainger Road and Marion Street that night have information that could help investigators?