Jordan Parson was 20 and a freshman at Denmark Technical College when he was fatally shot in early April 2019. A native of Homestead, Florida, Parson played on the school’s basketball team and was attending a gathering at a banquet hall in Denmark, South Carolina, when gunfire erupted.

The shooting wounded two other people who were taken to a local hospital. Emergency personnel responded but Parson did not survive his injuries. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Denmark Police Department opened a homicide investigation; at the time investigators had not identified a suspect or made any arrests.

The community and Parson’s family were left seeking answers after the banquet hall shooting. If anyone has information about that night or the people involved, please come forward.