Just after midnight on August 6, 2024, deputies answered a call on Joe Drive in the Riverdale community of Dillon County, South Carolina, and found 22-year-old Jaheem Maurice Farmer with a fatal gunshot wound. The Dillon County Coroner pronounced his death a homicide. Family and friends described him as a young man with a bright future whose death left the community grieving.

Investigators worked quickly. On August 9, 2024, the Dillon County Sheriff’s Office and the Violent Crime Task Force announced arrests in the case: 21-year-old James Jabari McNeil and 19-year-old Na Sir Zemarion Moody, both of Dillon, and a 17-year-old juvenile from Dillon. McNeil was charged with murder and armed robbery; Moody and the juvenile were charged with murder, armed robbery, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. All three were held at the Dillon County Detention Center pending bond hearings.

If anyone in Riverdale saw or heard anything around Joe Drive the night of August 6 that could help the investigation, please come forward.