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Michael Patrick O’Neal, 39, was killed on March 20, 2024, in a Chick-fil-A parking lot in Summerville, South Carolina, after a confrontation that escalated from a verbal dispute into a physical fight. The other man involved was 64-year-old Summerville police officer Anthony DeLustro. A witness identified DeLustro as the primary aggressor in the altercation, during which both men reportedly struck each other and bystanders tried to intervene.

According to a warrant, DeLustro announced he was a police officer and that O’Neal was under arrest; O’Neal then disengaged and walked to his vehicle. DeLustro is alleged to have broken free from a bystander, threatened to kill O’Neal if he drove away, and—after reportedly entering the passenger side as O’Neal started to drive—shot and killed him. DeLustro later told investigators his intent was to prevent O’Neal from leaving. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigated and DeLustro was arrested and charged with murder.

Are there witnesses or anyone with video from that parking lot who can shed more light on what happened?