On Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, 15-year-old Dantavious Dowling of Denmark, South Carolina, was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting at the Southern Lodge Hotel on St. Matthews Road in Orangeburg, near Interstate 26. Deputies responding to reports of gunfire found Dantavious with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital after initial reports he had died at the scene, but he later succumbed to his injuries. Two other young men were also injured in the incident.

The sheriff’s office identified a red 2020 Honda Accord as involved in the drive-by attack. Dantavious, a tenth-grader at Denmark-Olar High School, was described by his family as a loving teenager and an innocent bystander. In the months after the shooting, authorities arrested 18-year-old Lervern Glover of Orangeburg on charges including murder, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and 20-year-old Jalen Williams of Orangeburg on charges including attempted murder, criminal conspiracy, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Does anyone who was in the area that morning have information that could help clarify what happened?