On November 10, 2020, a shooting at Kenny’s Auto Shop on South Main Street in Marion, South Carolina, left 39-year-old Ira Keith Godbolt with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel transported Godbolt to a local hospital, where he later died. The Marion Police Department and the Marion County Coroner’s Office, led by Deputy Coroner Jim Gray, investigated the incident and collected evidence and witness statements.

Investigators identified a suspect and arrested 38-year-old Prentis Deberry Quick in connection with Godbolt’s death. Quick was booked on multiple charges including murder, pointing and presenting a firearm, discharging a firearm within city limits, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, and unlawful carrying of a pistol; the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office is listed as handling prosecution.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at Kenny’s Auto Shop or has information about the events that afternoon, please share what was seen or heard.