Fifteen-year-old Quintavis J. Boston died in Gray Court, South Carolina, on February 28, 2024. The Laurens County Coroner’s Office identified the 10th grader after an incident described in initial reports as a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound. Local authorities, including the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, opened an active investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death; news coverage at the time characterized the shooting as possibly accidental.

Quintavis was the son of Latrice Jefferson and Quinton D. Boston and is survived by his parents, four brothers, grandparents, and great-grandparents. His funeral service was held March 6, 2024, at Mill Rock Baptist Church in Gray Court, with burial in the church cemetery. Few details about what happened that day have been released; anyone with information about the incident is asked to come forward.