On Saturday, July 22, 2023, 25-year-old Parris Lee was fatally shot at the Tiger Express/Exxon gas station on East Railroad Avenue in Allendale, South Carolina. Lee was found partially inside a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another woman, 34-year-old Herrinda D. Murdaugh, also died from gunshot wounds; she was discovered next to the vehicle and later died at Allendale County Hospital.

Surveillance video from the station reportedly shows a man identified as 22-year-old Allendale resident Tyquaveon Isaiah Hartzog exiting a Chevrolet Equinox with a gun in his hand. A witness said Hartzog had been in the backseat with the two women when the shooting occurred. Hartzog turned himself in the next day, reportedly surrendered the pistol used in the shootings, and was charged with two counts of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He told investigators he acted in self-defense; no further motive was released.

Are there readers who knew Parris Lee or have information about that night at the gas station?