Crime · Spartanburg, SC
Two Teens Killed in Halloween-Night Shooting Outside Spartanburg Restaurant
Spartanburg Police responded around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to reports of multiple shots fired outside a Cook Out restaurant on John B. White Sr. Boulevard, where they found two teenagers with gunshot wounds. The victims were identified by the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office as 15-year-old Jayden Marek Watson and 17-year-old Shane Carter Dawkins, who died at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A third person was also shot but suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital by a family member. Police Chief Art Littlejohn said no arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified; the investigation remains ongoing.