Joshua Bautista Vidal was 21 and lived in North Charleston when he was killed in the early hours of April 11, 2023. He was driving through Goose Creek when a Dodge Durango ran into an apartment at the Pine Lakes Apartments on South Cranford Road and came to rest in the living room. Deputies found Vidal behind the wheel and he was pronounced dead at the scene; a person who had been inside the struck apartment was injured and taken to hospital.

An early evidence review showed Vidal had been shot before the SUV left the roadway, and investigators treated the crash as the endpoint of a shooting that happened along South Cranford Road and around the apartment complex. Deputies canvassed residents and asked anyone with information to come forward. No public announcements of a suspect, charges, or court action were reported in the materials summarizing the case, and memorials describe Vidal as happy, intelligent and a hard worker.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the Pine Lakes area before dawn on April 11, 2023, please contact the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office with information.