Sebastian Sanders, an 18-year-old Black man from Marion, South Carolina, was shot and killed on the afternoon of Saturday, November 27, 2021, during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Horry County police responded about 1:15 p.m. to a shots fired call in the 100 block of Augusta Plantation Drive at Seaside Grove Apartments in the Carolina Forest area near River Oaks Drive, just outside Myrtle Beach. Officers found Sebastian lying unconscious in the parking lot; a witness was administering first aid. He was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified by Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard, who said he died from multiple gunshot wounds.

The Horry County Police Department opened a homicide investigation and provided a tip line for information. Four days later, on December 1, 2021, police arrested 17-year-old Devon Charles Smith of Conway and charged him with murder; he was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center and held without bond. The case was proceeding with the suspect in custody as of December 2021.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Sebastian’s death, please share details with the investigators at the provided tip line.