In the quiet evening of January 17, 2024, the life of 21-year-old Garrett Edward White, a White male, was tragically cut short in Seneca, South Carolina. White, a native of Greenville and a 2020 graduate of Pickens High School, was known for his passion for basketball and his entrepreneurial endeavors, which included a successful clothing line. On that fateful night, he was sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle at the Seneca Gardens apartment complex on Laing Court when an argument
escalated to violence.
Around 10 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched to the scene following reports of a shooting. They found White with a single gunshot wound to his upper left back. Despite the efforts of Seneca Police, Fire, and EMS personnel to provide medical aid, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:38 p.m. An autopsy later confirmed that the gunshot wound, which caused internal trauma, was the cause of his death, which was officially ruled a homicide.
The investigation into White's death led to the swift arrest of 19-year-old Jacquese Baris Tyleigh Anderson-Savage of Easley. Anderson-Savage was initially taken into custody on unrelated charges the same night as the shooting, but was later charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in connection with White's death. Authorities believe an argument between Anderson-Savage and White preceded the fatal shooting.
A second suspect, 19-year-old Christopher Glenn Turner of Seneca, was arrested in February 2024 and also charged with murder. Investigators recovered a nine-millimeter handgun near the homicide scene. During a pre-trial hearing in February 2025, Turner's defense attorney claimed his client was in the 'wrong place at the wrong time' for what was intended to be a marijuana transaction. The victim's father, Kevin White, acknowledged that Turner might not be as culpable as the other defendant but still deserves to be punished. As of early 2025, the evidence in the case was being processed at a state laboratory, and a trial date was pending. Anderson-Savage is being held at the Oconee County Detention Center without bond.
