David Hill, 33, was shot and killed on Sunday, October 15, 2023, in the parking lot of the St. Paul Apartments at 500 Fletcher Street in Orangeburg, South Carolina. A 2:14 p.m. 911 call brought Orangeburg Department of Public Safety officers to the scene, where they found Hill unconscious; life-saving efforts by a lieutenant and Orangeburg County EMS continued but Hill was pronounced dead at the scene. The county coroner, Samuetta Marshall, ruled the death a homicide.

Witnesses described an altercation that turned volatile; one witness said Hill was not involved in the fight but was pulled into it and struck by gunfire. The shooter fled on foot toward Enterprise Street, moving between apartment units.

If anyone saw events in the St. Paul Apartments parking area that afternoon or has information about the fleeing person or the vehicles that left, please come forward.