Kymeek T. Traylor, 20, was shot and killed while working an evening shift at Myers Market on Myers Road in Summerville, South Carolina. The shooting occurred on November 15, 2025, shortly before 9:30 p.m., after an armed robbery was seen on the store’s security cameras. The market owner, watching the feed offsite, called authorities when the robbery unfolded. Deputies found Traylor unresponsive inside the store; emergency personnel and the coroner confirmed he died at the scene from gunshot wounds.

Investigators say Traylor was compliant with the robber’s demands but was nonetheless shot. A multi-agency search followed, and authorities located and arrested 18-year-old Harrison Charles Townsend of Nexton the next day; he was charged with murder in connection with the robbery and held in the Berkeley County Detention Center without bond. Any readers with information about the shooting or who knew Kymeek are asked to come forward.