On the late morning of June 9, 2023, 42-year-old Anthony Todd Jude was found fatally shot on Back Gate Street in the Gayle community of Chester County, South Carolina. The Chester County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:40 a.m. and discovered Jude deceased at the scene. He was born in Inez, Kentucky, and lived in Chester.

Authorities arrested 30-year-old Karall Tamichael Dixon the next day and charged him with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Dixon was booked into the Chester County Detention Center and a judge denied bond at his bond hearing. A memorial service for Jude was held on June 16, 2023; he is survived by his wife and stepson. The sheriff’s office continues to investigate the circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone in the Gayle community has information about what happened on Back Gate Street on June 9, please come forward.