Alile I’xavious Young, a 17-year-old student at Spartanburg High School, was fatally shot in the early hours of August 5, 2024, at Pine Lake Village apartments on South Pine Lake Drive in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Officers arrived after the shooting around 3 a.m. and found several young people trying to render aid; Young had suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach and was taken to Spartanburg Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. The Spartanburg County Coroner confirmed identity and cause of death as a single gunshot wound.

Family members, including his mother Kourtney Reed, held funeral services on August 17, 2024, at The John Stinson Woodward Memorial Chapel, followed by burial.

If anyone was at Pine Lake Village that morning or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.