In the early morning hours of a Friday in March 2019, tragedy struck at a nightclub in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, resulting in the death of 28-year-old Tevin Washington of Georgetown. The night's festivities at the Petigru Drive establishment turned violent when a shooting erupted, leaving three people with gunshot wounds.
Emergency services rushed to the scene, and Washington was transported to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center for treatment of his critical injuries.
Despite the efforts of medical staff, he was pronounced dead at 4:23 a.m. Another man, 28-year-old Matthew Cobb Jr. of Hemingway, also succumbed to his injuries from the shooting and passed away later that morning at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A third individual was also hospitalized with gunshot wounds sustained in the same incident.
In the aftermath of the deadly shooting, law enforcement initiated an investigation that led to the arrest of a suspect. Police charged 27-year-old Damien Chevere Grate in connection with the incident that claimed the lives of Washington and Cobb. The investigation into the shooting continued as the community mourned the loss of two young men.
