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SLED identifies person of interest in SC State shooting investigations

South Carolina Public Radio

Published December 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM EST

FILE - In this July 22, 2014, file photo, flags fly at the entrance to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C. A student faces charges after a shooting at South Carolina State University on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 that sent the campus into lockdown for nearly one hour but did not leave any reported injuries. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says a man caught on campus security cameras the night of Saturday, Oct. 4, could have information about the shootings that killed one person and injured another.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is looking to speak with a person of interest who investigators say may have information about two shootings at South Carolina State University in early October.

SLED is looks to speak with a person of interest, pictured above, in two shootings at SC State University in early October. — SLED looks to speak with a person of interest, pictured above, in two shootings at SC State University in early October.

SLED continues to seek information about the the shootings that killed Jaliyah Butler, 19, and injured a man on the night of Saturday, Oct. 4. Images of the person of interest were caught on campus security cameras.

Investigators say the man was last seen on SC State's campus the night of the shootings.

Anyone with information on the shootings or the person's whereabouts is asked to call SLED at 866-472-8477 and/or email tips@sled.sc.gov.