In the late afternoon of June 8, 2024, emergency responders were called to the Hampton Green and Hampton Crest Apartments on Palmetto Lane in Anderson, South Carolina, after reports of gunfire. There, 28-year-old Ranson Tyree Strong, known to family as Ty and to basketball teammates as Westbrook, was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He was treated on scene, transported by ambulance and airlifted to Prisma Health in Greenville, but died during surgery at about 5:41 p.m. The Anderson County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

Strong worked for International Vitamin Corporation and was remembered as a gifted athlete. Deputies from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by K-9 units and drones, searched the area as part of an immediate investigation. As of the funeral on June 17, 2024, no motive had been released and no arrests had been announced. Authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the sheriff’s office or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Ranson Tyree Strong or saw anything in the Hampton Lane area the afternoon of June 8, please share what you know with investigators.