On the evening of June 29, 2025, gunfire at the Kings Crossing Apartments on North Brooks Street in Kingstree, South Carolina, left two teenagers dead and two others wounded. Sixteen-year-old Edwin Cooper, a student at Kingstree High School, was found among the victims, rushed from the scene, and later died of his injuries. Eighteen-year-old Mycheal Edwards-Wallace, a recent Kingstree High graduate headed to play football at Newberry College, was also killed. The Williamsburg County Coroner’s Office confirmed both identities.

The Kingstree Police Department opened an investigation with assistance from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. If anyone who lived at or near Kings Crossing Apartments that night, or who has information about the shooting, can help, please come forward.