Jailyn Ernest Maliek Rivers, a 24-year-old Black man from Walterboro, South Carolina, was shot and killed on August 31, 2024. He was born June 30, 2000, attended Colleton County schools and graduated from Colleton County High School in 2018. Family and friends remembered him as funny, smart, outgoing, kind and sweet, and noted his athletic side from playing basketball for the Carolina Cagers.

He was a husband, son, grandson and brother. His death occurred amid a period of increased violent crime in the Walterboro area. As of mid-December 2024, no arrests or identified suspects have been publicly announced, and his family held a visitation and a celebration of life service in September 2024.

Does anyone in the community have information about what happened that night?