In the early morning hours of October 25, 2020, a dispute at a Hardeeville, South Carolina nightclub called Club Karma escalated to a fatal shooting. Paul Rashamel Miles Jr., a 30-year-old male, was shot multiple times in the nightclub's parking lot by a security guard. Miles was transported to a hospital in nearby Savannah, Georgia, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, the security guard who shot Miles claimed that Miles was
armed with a handgun. The guard stated that after Miles was ejected from the club, he went to his car and retrieved a weapon. Conflicting accounts from Miles's family and friends dispute this, stating that he did not have a gun. Responding to the incident, law enforcement officials took possession of three firearms at the scene. One was the security guard's weapon, another was reportedly found on Miles, and a third was located in the vehicle Miles had been in.
Due to the involvement of a security guard in the shooting, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division took over the investigation, which is standard procedure in such cases. However, the outcome of this investigation, including whether the security guard faced any charges, has not been made publicly available in the news reports following the incident. The name of the security guard has also not been released. The case remains without a publicly announced resolution regarding any potential criminal charges against the individual who fired the fatal shots.
