Carlos Lemontez Boulware, 40, was fatally shot while doing yard work outside a home on Pinckney Street in Chester, South Carolina, on the morning of April 17, 2023. Deputies from the Chester County Sheriff’s Office went to the scene about 10:20 a.m. after reports of shots fired and found Boulware lying in the road; the coroner later identified him.

The shooting occurred just outside the city limits and prompted an active homicide investigation. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division was called in to assist. As of the day after the killing no arrests had been made, no suspects had been publicly identified, and no motive had been released.

Anyone who was in the Pinckney Street area that morning or who knew Carlos Lemontez Boulware is asked to come forward with information that might help investigators.