In the early morning hours of May 3, 2023, 18-year-old De’Andre X. Tommie was found dead inside a car parked outside a home on Roseville Road on Wadmalaw Island. De’Andre, a senior at St. John’s High School and a varsity basketball player, had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Neighbors later told deputies they had heard gunfire during the night but had not called law enforcement.

The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation. Over the following weeks, three people were arrested in connection with the case: 22-year-old Davaun Augustus Hamilton of Johns Island was arrested May 9 on murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime; 18-year-old Jahsir Tymer Gadsden of Wadmalaw Island was arrested May 23 on a murder charge; and 18-year-old Nyasia Unique Jones of Wadmalaw Island turned herself in June 13 and was charged with murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime. All three were booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center.

De’Andre’s funeral was held in his high school auditorium. If anyone on Wadmalaw Island or the surrounding area has information about the night of May 3, please share what you know with investigators.