A pre-dawn shooting on June 7, 2025, left Shantwan Jamal Hoard critically wounded and he died the next day, June 8, 2025. Deputies from the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office found the 37-year-old Black man with gunshot injuries in the 2600 block of Warm Avenue shortly after 4:30 a.m.; he was taken to a hospital and later succumbed to his wounds. His death was ruled a homicide.

A 19-year-old North Charleston man, Calvin Jerome Brown, was arrested on Warm Avenue near the time of the shooting. He was initially charged with Attempted Murder and Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime; after Hoard’s death those charges were upgraded to Murder and the case moved to the Court of General Sessions under a new case number. Court filings show a defense attorney and a solicitor have been assigned, and the matter was pending as of late 2025. Authorities have not released a motive or detailed circumstances of the encounter.

If anyone saw activity on Warm Avenue in the early morning hours of June 7, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with investigators.