On the night of May 7, 2024, Derrick Jermaine Rollerson Sr., 38, was shot dead on Johnson Street between America and Hanover Streets in Charleston, South Carolina. Officers responding to reports of a shooting arrived about 9:47 p.m. and found Rollerson and another man, 34-year-old Rashaad Vernon Simmons, both with fatal gunshot wounds.

Police arrested 37-year-old Altonio Lamont Prioleau in connection with the double killing. Prioleau was charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, and a firearms charge for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. He was booked into the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center and was being held pending a bond hearing.

The Charleston Police Department is continuing its investigation and asked anyone with information to contact detectives or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry. Does anyone have information about events on Johnson Street that night or about either victim?