Sixteen-year-old Donovan Browning was fatally shot late the night of Tuesday, April 2, 2024, near Spring Street and Gadsden Street in Chester, South Carolina. Officers arrived just before midnight and found another teenager performing CPR; Donovan had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Donovan, the youngest of seven children and a twin, is remembered by family and neighbors as a quiet, well-behaved boy who attended school and stayed out of trouble. Within 24 hours, police arrested 18-year-old Connie Di’rose Miller; Miller was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and was booked into the Chester County jail. Search warrants executed during the investigation reportedly uncovered a significant amount of marijuana and cash. Authorities credited new shot-spotter technology and a recently installed flock camera system with helping identify a suspect vehicle.

The family remains devastated and questions why Donovan’s life was taken. If anyone has information about Donovan or the events near Spring Street and Gadsden Street that night, please come forward.