Christopher Jamal Burton, a 28-year-old Black man from Beaufort, South Carolina, was fatally shot on the evening of Monday, September 29, 2025, in the parking lot of Cross Creek Plaza at 330 Robert Smalls Parkway. Officers arrived shortly before 9 p.m. after reports of gunfire and found Burton near the Little Caesars Pizza with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital but died of his injuries and was pronounced dead about 4 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2025; the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office later identified him as the homicide victim.

Investigators from the Beaufort Police Department reported no other injuries, but the exterior wall of the Little Caesars was damaged by gunfire. As of early October 2025, authorities had not announced arrests or named specific suspects and were asking anyone with information to contact investigators or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers of Beaufort County. Burton was the son of Deacon Robert and Jennifer Burton; funeral services were handled by Allen Funeral Home and took place in early October.

Did anyone in the Cross Creek Plaza area that evening see or hear anything that could help investigators?