Marvin Lawrence McZeke was 31 when he was shot inside The City Grill on West Palmetto Street in Florence on the morning of August 24, 2019. After being shot he got into a vehicle to flee, was involved in a crash at Coit and Palmetto Streets, and was taken to a hospital where he later died. The Florence County Coroner’s Office confirmed his identity and ordered an autopsy.

Police investigated the shooting and car wreck; within days an arrest was made. Jaquawn James Goodson Jr. was taken into custody by Florence police and charged with McZeke’s murder and booked into the Florence County Detention Center. No motive was released publicly in the immediate aftermath, and information about subsequent court proceedings, pleas, or a conviction is not readily available.

If anyone has information about the shooting at The City Grill or the crash at Coit and Palmetto Streets, please come forward.