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Daniel Hernandez

Case from Orangeburg, SC dated Oct 21, 2017

Victim Details

Daniel Escopedo Hernandez

Male

Orangeburg

SC

2017-10-21

44

Daniel

Hernandez

07/10/2026

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Daniel Escopedo Hernandez, a 44-year-old man, was killed by gun violence on October 21, 2017, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a date that would become a marker of sudden loss for the people who knew him and for a community that was left sorting through the shock.

Accounts tied to the incident describe a violent episode that did not end with only one victim. The same reporting linked to Hernandez’s memorial indicates that in the shooting that took his life, another man was injured as wel ...
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  • The Times and Democrat: Man killed, man injured in shooting; suspect accused of murder
  • The Times and Democrat: Two now face murder charges
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    It's been years, but the tragedy of Daniel Hernandez’s murder still lingers in our minds. I was th... ...Read More
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