In the early morning hours of October 2, 2024, 23-year-old Daiquan Laron Blakely was found fatally shot in the yard of a residence on Windmill Avenue in the Little Rock community of Dillon County, South Carolina. Deputies arrived at about 4:01 a.m.; Blakely was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 20-year-old man from the Little Rock area, Jhimir L. Wright, was detained at the location and later arrested and charged with murder. The investigation is ongoing and Wright is being held at the Dillon County Detention Center.

Blakely was a Dillon High School graduate. Funeral services included a public viewing and a celebration of life at New Saint Mark Baptist Church, and he was buried at Rest Haven Cemetery. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Shannon Grainger.

Does anyone in the Little Rock area have information about that night or the people involved?