Dorothy Suzanne Sterling Cannon, 22, was shot and killed after a house party in Pelzer, South Carolina, on August 5, 2023. Deputies from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:20 p.m. to reports of a shooting near Burgess School Road and Highway 418 and found Cannon deceased at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office ruled her death a homicide following an autopsy.

A resident of Simpsonville, Cannon was born October 18, 2000, in Greenville and remembered as a loving daughter, sister, and friend. She was an award-winning artist who studied at Mauldin High School and participated in Greenville Artisphere. The investigation remains active; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and authorities have asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers of Greenville.

If anyone attended the party or was in the area that night and has information, please come forward.