Tyler Deshayne Heyward was convicted of murder by a Charleston County jury for the 2023 killing of Wesley Francis and sentenced to life in prison by Judge Jennifer McCoy. The shooting occurred shortly after 5 a.m. on November 10, 2023, at a Circle K gas station at Meeting and Calhoun streets in downtown Charleston, where Heyward fired 18 shots at Francis, 16 of which struck the victim, with no prior altercation.
Case Details
Surveillance video from the Circle K and a nearby Tesla captured Heyward exiting a Nissan Altima, approaching Francis, and opening fire. The vehicle belonged to his girlfriend’s mother and was tracked via license plate readers and street cameras to the crime scene and his girlfriend’s home in Hollywood, South Carolina. Police…..