Armien Jervane Jones Jr., a 19-year-old Black man, was fatally shot outside the A-1 convenience store at 4106 Dorchester Road in North Charleston on the evening of Thursday, June 8, 2023. Officers arrived shortly before 8:30 p.m. and found Jones and two other males, including a juvenile, with gunshot wounds; Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other male victims were taken to a nearby hospital, and later an 18-year-old woman arrived at the hospital with injuries tied to the same shooting.

The convenience store owner said the business was not involved and was an innocent bystander to the violence. The North Charleston Police Department and the Charleston County Coroner’s Office opened a joint homicide investigation. As of the morning after the shooting, no arrests had been announced and no suspects publicly identified. Local activists, including Pastor Thomas Dixon of the Lowcountry Peace Coalition, urged measures to address ongoing gun violence and conflict prevention.

If anyone was at the A-1 convenience store that evening or has information about the shooting, please come forward.