In the early morning of April 8, 2023, 34-year-old Hadden Andre Smith was shot and killed in a parking lot at the Publix on Sam Rittenberg Boulevard in Charleston’s West Ashley neighborhood. A nearby Charleston police officer heard gunfire around 8:20 a.m.; a citizen also called 911. Patrol officers found Smith, known to family as Dre and a resident of Moncks Corner, lying on the pavement with a gunshot wound. Officers rendered aid until EMS pronounced him deceased.

Detectives identified a suspect quickly. On April 11, 22-year-old Ticara Ya’nae Bolden of Summerville was taken into custody and charged with Murder, Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime; she was booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center pending a bond hearing.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Smith’s movements that morning, please share what is known.