On the evening of May 7, 2023, Richard Arthur Owen IV, 21, was shot near Windsor Hill Boulevard in North Charleston and pronounced dead at Trident Regional Medical Center by about 11 p.m. Owen, a Summerville resident and a 2020 graduate of Ashley Ridge High School, worked at Grow Crop Corp and was training to become a Commodities Pool Operator. He was described as athletic and involved in several sports.

The North Charleston Police Department identified three people in connection with the case. On May 11, 2023, 19-year-old Sean Lavelle Jr. was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Eighteen-year-old Aliana Marie Rodriguez Medina was later arrested on charges of murder and attempted armed robbery. On June 29, 2023, 21-year-old Kaipo Felix Rauschenburg was also arrested on charges of murder and attempted armed robbery.

The family and community mourned the loss of a young man with a promising future. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share it with investigators.