In the summer of 2017, a young man's life was cut short in an act of violence that stemmed from a family dispute. Octavius Richardson, a 21-year-old Black male from Dillon, South Carolina, was fatally shot on July 5, 2017. The incident occurred in the Newtown community of Dillon, outside an apartment on McNeil Street.
On that tragic day, Richardson had attempted to intervene in a physical altercation involving his younger sisters. Described as a protective older brother, his efforts to de
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