On the night of Saturday, March 29, 2025, 18-year-old Javlin Everette De'Angelo Dawkins was shot in the parking lot of the Limestone Courts apartment complex on North Limestone Street in Gaffney, South Carolina. He was found with a gunshot wound and taken to Cherokee Medical Center, where he later died. Reports place Dawkins as a young man from Spartanburg who had been standing in the complex parking lot at about 10:50 p.m. when the shooting occurred.

Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects or announced any arrests, and the investigation was described as ongoing. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 5, at Limestone Missionary Baptist Church. Few details have been released about what led to the shooting.

If anyone was in or near the Limestone Courts parking lot that night or has information about Javlin’s death, please come forward to assist the investigation.