Late on the night of August 11, 2024, 27-year-old Daquan Malik Blanton was shot on Malloy Street in Cheraw, South Carolina. Deputies from the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office found him with a single gunshot wound to his upper right leg; he was taken to McLeod Hospital in Florence and later pronounced dead. The Chesterfield County Coroner’s Office and Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation.

Authorities identified and arrested 22-year-old Anthony Terell Waymyers II in connection with the shooting; he was charged with murder and held at the Chesterfield County Detention Center. A funeral service for Blanton took place on August 24, 2024, at the Berea Baptist Convention Center, with burial at Word of Life Memorial Garden.

Anyone who saw or heard anything the night of August 11 or has additional information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office tip line.