On the afternoon of June 10, 2026, a daylight shooting near a gas station on Foxbank Plantation Boulevard in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, left 19-year-old Austin T. Bile dead and another person critically wounded. The Moncks Corner Police Department responded to reports of an armed robbery and found multiple gunshot victims around 1:30 p.m.; emergency personnel pronounced Austin Bile dead at the scene while the other victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police Chief Antwan Richardson called the incident a tragic and senseless act of violence that has shaken victims’ families and the community. The Moncks Corner Police Department and the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office opened a homicide investigation and have detained a person of interest, though no formal arrests have been announced and that individual’s identity has not been released. Authorities say they consider the shooting an isolated incident.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Austin Bile’s death, please share what you know with investigators.