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At approximately 11:30 pm on 4-25-2011, 28-year-old Raymundo Lopez was found dead in his Seaside Road, St. Helena Island residence by his girlfriend, who reported that she had last spoken with Lopez via telephone an hour earlier.

Investigators learned that unknown suspects entered Lopez’s residence and shot him multiple times. Items belonging to Lopez were missing from his home and presumed stolen during the incident.

Although it is not known whether drugs or money were stolen, Lopez was a known marijuana and cocaine dealer, which was substantiated through witnesses and items associated with dealing drugs found in his home.

No subjects have been identified in Lopez’s shooting death.