On October 15, 2023, 21-year-old Jasmine Shantel Roach was shot at a large gathering on Quail Road in Barnwell, South Carolina. About 75 to 125 people were estimated to have been at the scene when gunfire erupted. Jasmine, who was four months pregnant, was transported to a nearby hospital and later died of a gunshot wound; an autopsy confirmed the cause of death. Five others were injured and treated at area hospitals and released.

The investigation was turned over to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division after no eyewitnesses initially came forward. The probe was complicated by the wrongful arrest and more than two months’ incarceration of Ty’Ran Tyrell Dixon, who alleges mistaken identity and has filed a federal civil rights suit claiming investigators ignored a tip pointing to a different name, Tyren Dickson. On December 23, 2024, authorities arrested 27-year-old Tyren Romell Dickson of Columbia and charged him with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; he was booked into the Barnwell County Detention Center and denied bond. The case remains pending.

If anyone who attended the gathering or has information about the shooting or those involved can help, please come forward.