A confrontation outside a Dollar General in Sharon, South Carolina, on July 10, 2025, left 69-year-old Joseph Gregory Lewis dead. Lewis, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was reportedly armed with a pistol when he approached a vehicle, made threats, and punched the 25-year-old driver through the window. The driver, described as legally carrying a firearm, fired in what he said was self-defense. Lewis was taken to Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill and died of his injuries on July 13.

York County investigators and the 16th Circuit Solicitor reviewed the shooting and announced no criminal charges would be filed against the driver, citing South Carolina’s stand your ground statute and concluding the use of lethal force was justifiable. Neighbors suggested the dispute may have involved Lewis’s dog, but officials have not confirmed a motive. The shooter’s identity was not released.

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