In the early morning hours of June 8, 2024, 23-year-old Richard Drek Carroll Jr., known as Drek, was brought to the emergency room at Wellstar MCG Health in Augusta with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at 2:32 a.m. Initial leads pointed investigators to the intersection of Sage Creek Boulevard and Bettis Academy Road in Graniteville, but investigators later determined the shooting occurred at a residence in the 8100 block of Red Rock Way.

The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, working with the Aiken County Coroner’s Office, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the Augusta University Police Department, identified and arrested 22-year-old Christion Alexander Reeves. Reeves was taken to the Aiken County Detention Center and is charged with Murder and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime. No motive has been publicly released and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Carroll, the Red Rock Way residence, or events around June 8, please contact the investigators handling the case.