On the morning of June 19, 2017, authorities in Saint George, South Carolina, were alerted to a grim discovery on a city street. Around 5:30 a.m., law enforcement received a call reporting a body lying on the roadway. Deputies from the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, where they located a male subject who had sustained fatal injuries.
The deceased was identified as 32-year-old Christopher Joseph Simmons, a Black male resident of Saint George.
Investigators determined that he had been shot to death, and the case was immediately classified as a homicide. Following the discovery, Dorchester County Coroner Paul Brouthers directed that the body be transported to the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital to undergo an autopsy to further confirm the details of the trauma.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, investigators led by the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office began working to piece together the events leading up to the death. Despite the launch of a homicide investigation to determine the circumstances and identify those responsible, initial reports from local media and law enforcement indicated that no arrests had been made. Publicly available information has not provided subsequent details regarding suspects, charges, or convictions connected specifically to this case.
