A 16-year-old student from Darlington County, JaiMere Jordan, was killed in a Florence shooting on June 19, 2025. Police found him in the early hours of that Thursday lying on a sidewalk on North Irby Street and in the 300 block of West Vista Street with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead; another person at the scene was critically injured.

Investigators say the shooting began during a dispute over the sale of a firearm. An autopsy was scheduled at the Medical University of South Carolina to determine the official cause of death. Friends and family remembered JaiMere as a young man who brought warmth and inspiration to those around him and who enjoyed basketball and football while attending Hartsville High School.

In the days after the shooting, Florence police arrested two 20-year-old men, Mehki Christopher Rush and Isiah Randell Oneal Nero, on charges that include murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and aggravated breach of peace; the investigation was described as ongoing. If anyone knew JaiMere or has information about the shooting, please share what you remember.