Jaydyn Lamont Woodward, 17, was shot and killed in Georgetown, South Carolina, in the early evening of March 7, 2023. The shooting happened in a driveway just before 7:15 p.m.; Jaydyn was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries. He was a junior in high school, remembered by family as a gentle giant and a fun-loving young man with a huge heart.

The Georgetown Police Department’s investigation led to arrests on March 17, 2023. Charged with murder were 18-year-old Jacob Tobias Bryant, his 20-year-old brother John Allen Bryant Jr., and a 16-year-old whose name was not released because of age. Jacob and John Bryant Jr. were held at the Georgetown County Detention Center pending bond hearings; the juvenile was sent to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia. Details about trials, convictions, or sentences have not been reported.

If anyone knew Jaydyn or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.