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Mark Allen Hewitt, 59, was one of five people killed in a mass shooting at a residence on Bobo Drive in Inman, South Carolina. The killings occurred October 9, 2022; responding officers arrived on a 911 call about 7:46 p.m. and found four victims dead in separate rooms after gunshot wounds. A fifth victim, Roman Christean Megael Rocha, 19, was found alive but died later during surgery at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Investigators believe the shootings took place earlier that day, around 9 a.m. Authorities identified 24-year-old James Douglas Drayton as a suspect; he had been staying at the Bobo Drive home for about two weeks. Drayton fled and was arrested two days later in Burke County, Georgia after an armed robbery at a gas station, driving a vehicle belonging to the mother of one of the victims. During questioning he confessed to the five murders and gave crime-scene details that matched the scene; he told investigators he had used methamphetamines for several days and was hearing voices. Prosecutors have announced an intention to seek the death penalty; Drayton faces five counts of murder and five counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Did anyone in the Inman area know Mark Hewitt or the household on Bobo Drive and have information that could help clarify the events of that day?