A birthday gathering in Waterloo, South Carolina, on the evening of April 15, 2023, ended in gunfire that left 37-year-old Darren Mandez Hill dead. Deputies from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Coyote Drive residence around 8:25 PM after reports of shots fired and found three people with gunshot wounds. Hill, a Black man from nearby Cross Hill, was taken to Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital but died of his injuries. A second victim remained in critical condition.

The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, opened an investigation. On May 4, 2023, authorities arrested 33-year-old Randall Sherodrick Moore of Waterloo; he was taken into custody in Greenwood on a traffic offense the prior day and transferred to Laurens County to face charges including murder, two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and breach of peace of an aggravated nature.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Darren, please share what you know with investigators.