A Christmas Day gathering in Aiken County, South Carolina, ended in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Willie David Trotty. The incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. on December 25, 2023, at a residence on Plantation Road in the Jackson area. Deputies found Trotty unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds; he was given aid at the scene but was pronounced dead there. An obituary lists his birthdate as September 14, 1986.

Witnesses at the residence identified 26-year-old Jean Pierre Washington as the shooter. Washington was taken into custody and charged with manslaughter and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime; he was booked into the Aiken County Detention Center. The Aiken County Coroner’s Office confirmed the cause of death and scheduled an autopsy.

If anyone has information about Trotty, the shooting, or was at the gathering that evening, please share what you know with authorities.