Ocean Sun Eberlein was killed in Rapid City, South Dakota, on November 24, 2020. He was a 19-year-old White male. That late November night ended at a mobile home residence south of town along Highway 16, where authorities were called after a neighbor reported hearing gunfire. When deputies arrived, they found Ocean unresponsive with a gunshot wound and rushed him to the hospital, but he did not survive.
Investigators quickly focused on what had happened in the driveway moments earlier.
Court records described an argument that boiled over into a physical fight, with witnesses reporting the two men grappling outside before the shot was fired. The suspect was identified as Jason Ray Sharp, a Rapid City man who, according to reporting that cited the probable-cause affidavit, admitted to shooting Ocean. The relationship between them was described as tense, with Ocean's mother telling investigators the two did not get along and had been squabbling that day, adding another layer of bitterness to the confrontation that preceded the gunshot.
An arrest followed at the scene, and prosecutors filed a second-degree murder charge against Sharp. In the first court steps afterward, a judge set a $100,000 cash bond as the case began moving through the system, with initial appearances scheduled soon after the shooting. Public coverage at the time centered on the allegation that the fatal shot came from a rifle and that the violence erupted during the driveway struggle, turning a dispute into a death within seconds. No additional suspect information is indicated in the available reporting, and no additional arrests are described.
