Michael Maurice Freeman, 40, was shot and killed in Greenville, South Carolina in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 12, 2025. Deputies responded about 2 a.m. after a gunshot was heard near the Boulder Creek Apartments on Ferman Hall Road and found Freeman’s body in the roadway. His death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators identified a 14-year-old male acquaintance of the suspect’s mother as the person who shot Freeman. The teenager confessed to the killing, was charged with murder, and was taken into custody before being transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia pending legal proceedings. Freeman’s family described him as a family man who liked to make people laugh; funeral services were held Saturday, July 26, 2025.

Does anyone who knew Michael or who was in the Boulder Creek Apartments area that night have information to share?