A dispute over money and a gambling game in the Red Bank area of Lexington County, South Carolina, ended in the fatal shooting of 38-year-old William Jason Clark. Known to friends and family as William Hollow, Clark was described as a loving, caring father who worked in construction and landscaping, enjoyed skydiving, and had been a successful amateur boxer. The shooting took place November 9, 2020, inside a house on South Hampton Avenue; Clark was shot in the lower body and taken to Lexington Medical Center, where he died November 10, 2020.

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department identified 23-year-old James Joseph Patterson III of Richland County as the primary suspect and arrested him November 13, 2020 on charges of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. At trial the jury found Patterson guilty of murder; he received a 30-year prison term for the murder charge and an additional five years for the weapon charge to be served concurrently.

Does anyone have information about Clark’s life in the Red Bank community or the events that led up to the November 9, 2020 confrontation?