On a Saturday night that should have been like any other, 20-year-old Kymeek T. Traylor was diligently working his shift at Myers Market, a neighborhood convenience store on Myers Road in Summerville, South Carolina. The date was November 15, 2025, and what began as a routine evening of work would soon spiral into a devastating tragedy that would cut his young life short.
Just before 9:30 p.m., the owner of the market, who was away from the premises but monitoring the store's security cameras, witnessed a horrifying scene unfold on his screen: an armed robbery was in progress. He immediately alerted the authorities.
Deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the location. Upon their arrival, the suspect had already fled, but inside the market, they discovered Kymeek unresponsive, suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite the swift response, it was too late. Emergency medical personnel and the coroner's office confirmed that he had died at the scene from his injuries. The investigation quickly revealed that Traylor had been entirely compliant with the robber's demands, yet was still shot in what the county sheriff would later describe as a 'heinous and senseless act of violence' and a 'shocking disregard for human life.'
The search for the person responsible for this brutal crime became a top priority for law enforcement. A multi-agency manhunt was launched, involving the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Their coordinated efforts paid off swiftly. Within a day of the fatal shooting, authorities located and arrested 18-year-old Harrison Charles Townsend of Nexton. Townsend was taken into custody and charged with murder in connection with the armed robbery that led to Kymeek Traylor's death. He was subsequently booked into the Berkeley County Detention Center, where he was held without bond as the investigation continued.
