Reginald Middleton Jr., 32, was shot at about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2022, inside Nixbax & Company at 1345 Five Chop Road in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was taken to the Regional Medical Center and later transferred to Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia, where he died the next day from his injuries.

Investigators say evidence placed 23-year-old Jahleel D. Patterson at the scene and that Middleton was the intended target. Patterson was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; a judge denied bond so he remained in custody while awaiting proceedings on this charge and on a separate 2020 murder charge and three counts of attempted murder for which he was already out on bond at the time of the shooting.

What information can readers share about Middleton’s movements that evening or about the store and its surroundings around 9:30 p.m. on September 22, 2022?