In the early morning hours of September 28, 2024, deputies from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported shooting at Fiddlers Cove on Hilton Head Island and found 25-year-old Cory Devon McKie Jr. of Bluffton with a fatal gunshot wound. Deputies, assisted by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, launched an investigation that identified 25-year-old Charles Quincy Barron of Bluffton as a suspect. Barron was taken into custody the same day and was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime; he was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center.

McKie was remembered as a devoted husband and a father to a daughter and a son. A 2017 graduate of Bluffton High School, he earned regional player of the year honors in 2016 as a cornerback, safety and wide receiver and served in the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell. Funeral services for McKie were held October 5, 2024, in Columbia.

Anyone with additional information about the shooting is asked to contact Corporal Ray at the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.