On the afternoon of April 30, 2025, gunfire at the J.C. Bull Apartments on Marion Avenue in Spartanburg, South Carolina, left 45-year-old Norman Higgins with two gunshot wounds to the chest and leg. Emergency crews took him to Spartanburg Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about an hour after the shooting.

Police identified 39-year-old Travis Lee Watkins as a suspect. Witnesses said he fled on foot; officers later arrested Watkins, found a firearm on him, and charged him with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Bond was denied at a hearing that noted a known criminal history, and investigators say Watkins confessed to the shooting during a formal interview.

Family and friends described Higgins as joyful and bighearted. Does anyone who lived near Marion Avenue or at the J.C. Bull Apartments have information about what they saw that afternoon?