On the evening of Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, the life of 21-year-old Daveion Reed of Ridgeland was tragically cut short in Beaufort, South Carolina. At approximately 8:43 p.m., Beaufort Police officers were dispatched to the Cross Creek Apartment Homes on Ambrose Run following a report of a gunshot victim. Upon their arrival, they discovered Reed in the entryway of an apartment, suffering from a single gunshot wound.
Emergency medical services transported him to Beaufort Memorial Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
The investigation into the shooting, which was quickly classified as a homicide, began to unfold. Authorities learned that three men, who were considered persons of interest, were seen leaving the area in a dark-colored four-door sedan shortly after the shots were fired. For months, the case progressed as investigators worked to identify those responsible for Reed's death.
A significant breakthrough in the investigation came on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, when Beaufort Police officers, with assistance from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Violent Crime Task Force, arrested 19-year-old Lavent Altobby Frazier of Yemassee. Frazier was taken into custody without incident and charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Daveion Reed. He was subsequently booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center.
