On a Friday night in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina, the life of 26-year-old Richard DeQuincy Broadwater was tragically cut short. On October 11, 2019, at approximately 9:15 p.m., police responded to a call of a shooting. Upon arrival at the residence, officers discovered a grim scene: Richard DeQuincy Broadwater, a male, and another man, 33-year-old Daniel Nathanial Robinson, were both found with gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical services were dispatched to the location, but it was
too late. Both Broadwater and Robinson were pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner's report would later confirm that both men died from multiple gunshot wounds. The Batesburg-Leesville Police Department, with assistance from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Lexington County Sheriff's Department, launched a double homicide investigation into the deaths.
In the initial stages of the investigation, law enforcement officials had not identified any suspects and publicly appealed for information from the community. A reward was offered for any tips that could lead to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the killings. Despite the ongoing investigation and the passage of time, no arrests have been made in the case. The double homicide of Richard DeQuincy Broadwater and Daniel Nathanial Robinson remains an unsolved crime, leaving a community searching for answers and a family waiting for justice.
