Jamal Edmonson, 36, of Walterboro was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a car that had veered off Old Gilliard Road near Miles Lane in the Ridgeville area of Berkeley County on the night of January 8, 2025. Deputies were dispatched just before 11 p.m.; first responders pronounced him dead at the scene and the coroner later confirmed his identity. Investigators initially treated the death as suspicious after discovering the vehicle off the roadway with its driver shot multiple times.

Edmonson was remembered by family and friends as a devoted son, father, and a 6-foot-6 forward who played college basketball at Francis Marion University and Southern Wesleyan and later worked as a graduate assistant at Charleston Southern. Online tributes and memorials appeared quickly, and obituary notices named his children and extended family left to grieve.

On January 10, 2025, 26-year-old Alexis Dakota Davidson of Ridgeville was arrested and charged with murder; on January 16, 26-year-old Timothy John Creel of Ridgeville was also arrested and charged with murder. Both were booked in Berkeley County and held without bond as the homicide investigation continued. No convictions have been reported.

If anyone knew Jamal, his movements that night, or has information about the events on Old Gilliard Road, please share what you know with authorities.