In the pre-dawn hours of June 4, 2026, LeByron Cathcart, 39, was shot and killed after confronting someone who had been inside his vehicle at his home on Amelia Avenue in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He chased the person when they fled and was found dead in a neighbor’s yard before 5 a.m. Cathcart was a father of three with another child expected and was remembered by family as hardworking and caring; balloons and flowers were placed outside his home as a memorial.

Rock Hill police arrested 24-year-old Jakelvin Zyqualyn Conner in connection with the shooting and charged him with murder, two counts of breaking and entering into vehicles, and two weapons charges. Authorities allege Conner had broken into Cathcart’s vehicle and his girlfriend’s car, and that Cathcart was shot during the confrontation. Conner is being held without bail at the York County jail and has prior convictions for car break-ins in 2021 and 2024.

The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs and is coping with their loss; Cathcart’s mother, Cassandra Massey, had previously lost another son to gun violence. Did anyone in the Amelia Avenue area see or hear anything around 5 a.m. on June 4 that could help this investigation?