In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 14, 2024, 19-year-old Waco Jermaine Crate Jr was shot in the face at a house party on Michael Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and pronounced dead at the scene. Crate, a Black male from Gaffney, was attending the gathering when gunfire erupted; the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office responded and an autopsy was scheduled to aid the investigation.

Details about what happened inside the party remain scarce. Spartanburg Police opened a homicide investigation after receiving the 2:11 a.m. shooting call, but as of the latest reports no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone attended that party or has information about who was at the Michael Street residence that night, contact Spartanburg Police with what was seen or heard.