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Daniel Quentin Grooms

Case from Wallace, SC dated Jan 21, 2015

Victim Details

Daniel Quentin Grooms

Male

White / Caucasian

Wallace

SC

2015-01-21

25

Daniel

Quentin Grooms

06/24/2026

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Daniel Quentin Grooms, a 25-year-old male from Wallace, South Carolina, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of January 21, 2015. The incident unfolded at a residence on Level Green Church Road in the Wallace area of Marlboro County. Grooms was at the home of his girlfriend, Valerie Pernell, when her ex-boyfriend, Tony Maundrell Kastelan, arrived at the scene.

A confrontation ensued between Grooms and Kastelan, which escalated into a shootout. Both men were armed, and gunfire was e ...
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  • WBTW.com: In shootout, ex-boyfriend kills man staying at ex-girlfriend’s home, Marlboro County Sheriff says
  • Daniel Quentin Grooms, age 25 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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