Chandler Vershad Dylan Martin, 21, was shot and killed on November 10, 2025, near the intersection of Piano Road and South Charleston Road in Darlington County, South Carolina. Deputies found him gravely wounded by the roadside around 2 p.m.; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. The Darlington County Coroner, Todd Hardee, ruled the death a homicide and ordered an autopsy to determine the precise cause of death.

Martin, a Black male born August 10, 2004, in Augusta, Georgia, was known as Duke. He attended West Florence and Hartsville High Schools and worked at Oasis. Family and an obituary describe him as kind and generous, skilled with repairs, fond of cars, devoted to his mother, and close with his father.

Investigators described the shooting as appearing to be an isolated incident. On November 16, 2025, authorities arrested Stargeria Jackson in the Lake City area and charged her with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and criminal conspiracy. A second person, Patrell Jackson, was later identified as a suspect and arrested; he was booked on a murder charge.

Did anyone in the area know Chandler or see activity near Piano Road and South Charleston Road on November 10?