On the morning of August 6, 2023, 28-year-old Jamal Easterling of Bennettsville, South Carolina, was found mortally wounded on a dark stretch of Society Hill Road in Darlington County. Deputies answered reports of gunfire around 4 a.m.; first responders pronounced Jamal dead at the scene and another person was found with a nonfatal gunshot wound to the leg. The Darlington County Coroner identified Jamal that same morning.

Investigators described signs of a sudden, chaotic confrontation and said witnesses reported an argument before the shooting. The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office treated the case as a homicide and requested help from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

If anyone has information about the events on Society Hill Road that night or knew Jamal, please come forward with what you know.