Xavier Kenyon Boyd was 20 when he was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the steps of a residence on Gilliam Avenue in Greenwood, South Carolina, on the evening of July 7, 2023. He lived on Hackett Avenue and was taken to Self Regional Healthcare, where he died in the emergency room around 4 p.m. The Greenwood County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The Greenwood Police Department and the coroner opened an investigation into the shooting. For weeks little was made public about a suspect or motive; investigators later identified 28-year-old Demetric Desmond Cowan as a suspect and reported that he turned himself in to police on July 28, 2023 and was charged with murder in connection with Boyd’s death.

If anyone in Greenwood recalls seeing Boyd that evening or has information about what happened on Gilliam Avenue, please share what you know with investigators.