On an August afternoon in 2023, Herman Lee Prioleau, a 64-year-old Black man from Ravenel near Hollywood, South Carolina, was shot while riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle on Highway 162 in the Adams Run area. Deputies responded to a call around 5:15 p.m. at the 7400 block, found Prioleau gravely wounded, and the county coroner recorded his death from a gunshot wound at about 5:38 p.m. Highway 162 was closed for hours while technicians processed the scene and jurisdictional questions led Charleston County Sheriff’s Office to take lead authority.

Early statements said the incident was not believed to pose a broader danger to the community, but investigators provided few details about what happened inside the vehicle or any motive. The case later produced an arrest: detectives identified and charged 33-year-old Deandre Antuan Cochran with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime; he remained in custody as court proceedings continued.

Is there anyone who knew Herman Prioleau or who can shed light on what happened that afternoon?