On the night of November 23, 2025, a verbal altercation at Lakeview Apartments in Fort Mill, South Carolina, escalated into a fatal shooting. Damien Crandell, 28, was shot three times after a dispute with a friend and was pronounced dead at the scene on Flint Hill Road around 9:15 p.m. York County Sheriff’s Office investigators responded and a person of interest was taken into custody; authorities say that person is cooperating with the investigation. An arrest was made but official charges had not been announced, and investigators have raised the possibility the shooting could be claimed as self-defense. An autopsy and toxicology results were pending.

Crandell’s mother, Erica Jackson, remembered him as someone whose energy, heart and loyalty could light up a room. He was known to some as Dame or WildChild. Does anyone who knew Damien or was at Lakeview Apartments that night have information that could help clarify what happened?