On the afternoon of March 10, 2024, 32-year-old Tyler Tanner was shot and killed on Barnwell Road in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Deputies found Tanner, a Black male, lying beside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses described a verbal altercation between Tanner and 36-year-old Justin Enrikus Jackson that appeared to end before people began to leave. Witnesses say Jackson then allegedly retrieved a firearm, shot Tanner multiple times and fled. Jackson later called 911 to confess, drove to the sheriff’s office and surrendered; the firearm believed to have been used was recovered from his vehicle. Jackson was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. He invoked his right to an attorney and the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office continues investigating.

If anyone saw what happened on Barnwell Road that afternoon or has information about the dispute, please share what is known.