Cuame Nelson, 34, was shot and killed the evening of July 27, 2026, near the Retreat at Palm Pointe apartment complex on Fassitt Road in North Charleston, South Carolina. First responders found Nelson with a gunshot wound about 6 p.m.; he was taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead just over an hour after police first arrived.

Police searched the apartment complex and questioned several people but made no arrests. Investigators have not publicly identified a suspect or a motive. At the time of the shooting, officers were patrolling the area while looking for a vehicle tied to an armed robbery investigation in neighboring Dorchester County; authorities have not confirmed any connection between that vehicle or the robbery probe and Nelson’s death.

Anyone who was near Fassitt Road or the Retreat at Palm Pointe on the evening of July 27, 2026, or who has information about the shooting, is asked to come forward.