Enoshia Ya’Quia Cromer, 23, was shot and killed the night of March 29, 2026, at Forrest Glen Apartments in Clinton, South Carolina. Officers were called to the complex just before 10:00 p.m.; she was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene. The Laurens County Coroner’s Office completed a forensic autopsy on March 30 and ruled the manner of death homicide.

Cromer lived on Forest Glen Drive in Clinton. She was born July 28, 2002, graduated from Hillcrest High School in 2019, earned a Certified Nursing Assistant degree, and worked at Westley Commons Community Center in Greenwood.

Authorities identified Jalon Nehemiah Dendy, also reported as Jalon Dendy, as the suspect. After a multiagency search that included Clinton Police, Laurens County agencies, Greenwood Police, Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office and SLED, Dendy turned himself in the evening of March 30 and was booked on charges of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Investigators described the shooting as an isolated incident and said no known ongoing threat to the public; they did not release a motive or detail the relationship between Cromer and Dendy. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Clinton Police Department, submit tips by email, or reach Laurens County Crime Stoppers.