A man was found shot to death inside an apartment at College Park Apartments in Newberry on the morning of Friday, September 5, 2025. The victim was identified as Dexter Tobias Gary Sr, 53, of Pomaria. He was a United States Army veteran who attended S. C. State University and was a father of two.

Police responded to a report of a shooting the previous night and to information that a woman and a child had been taken from the scene. Officers forced entry into the apartment and discovered Gary deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. A multi-county investigation involving Newberry and Lexington County agencies and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division located the suspect in Chapin and recovered the woman and child unharmed.

The suspect, identified as 53-year-old David Ray Clark of Chapin, was arrested and transported to the Newberry County Detention Center. He faces charges including murder, two counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawfully placing a child at risk of harm, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a firearm by a person convicted of certain crimes, and was denied bond. If anyone has information about Dexter Gary Sr or the events that led to his death, please share what you know.