On June 3, 2019, a violent shootout erupted at a Circle K gas station on Sea Island Parkway in Beaufort, South Carolina, claiming the life of 20-year-old Clarence Mitchell III. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Lady's Island, just as a graduation ceremony was concluding at the nearby Beaufort High School. Mitchell, a Black male from St. Helena Island, was sitting in a vehicle when occupants of at least two cars began exchanging a high volume of gunfire. Investigators later recovered more th
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