Cameron Conner, a 13-year-old White boy and student-athlete at Dorchester Academy, died on January 21, 2024, after a hunting shooting on private land near Santee in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The shooting occurred late that Sunday afternoon near a residence on Bonner Avenue during a hunt involving two youths; officials described the fatal wound as appearing accidental. Reports differ on what they were hunting—squirrel, bird, or duck—highlighting how early details arrived in fragments, but all accounts agree a single shot by one teen struck the other.

Investigators from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources took the case because it involved a hunting incident and said their inquiry was ongoing. No arrest, charges, or the friend’s identity had been publicly announced. Did anyone in the area know Cameron or have information about that hunting outing?