In the early morning hours of October 26, 2021, a family dispute in Seneca, South Carolina, ended when 48-year-old Aaron Parrish Putnam was found fatally shot in the yard of a residence on Singing Pines Road. Deputies from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrived after a 911 call shortly after 1 a.m.; the coroner pronounced Putnam dead at the scene and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators say the shooting began with a domestic altercation. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Wayne Austin Raffaldt drove to the home with another family member to confront Putnam and allegedly shot him. Raffaldt was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime; he was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center as the case proceeded.

If anyone has information about the events on Singing Pines Road that night or knew Aaron Putnam, please share what is known with investigators.