Trey Dean Wright was a 16-year-old sophomore at Johnsonville High School and a varsity athlete in football and baseball. Known for his infectious smile and love of the outdoors, he was found with multiple gunshot wounds on First Neck Road in Florence County on the night of June 24 and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Investigators say the shooting grew out of a romantic rivalry. Authorities allege Trey was lured to a rural road by his 17-year-old girlfriend, Gianna Kistenmacher, where a group of teenagers confronted him. The encounter escalated and Trey was shot; some reports say one of the teens recorded video of the incident. Within a day police arrested 19-year-old Devan Scott Raper of Conway and charged him with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and in the weeks after multiple other teens were arrested and charged under accomplice liability theories. Several remain held without bond while others were released on bond.

Anyone who knew Trey or was in that area on June 24 with information is asked to come forward.