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SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA — Two Teens Killed in Shooting Outside a Cook Out on Halloween Night; No Suspect Named

Two teenagers were shot and killed in the parking lot of a Cook Out restaurant on John B. White Sr. Boulevard in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at about 11:30 p.m. on Halloween night, Saturday, October 31. Police gave them first aid and they were rushed to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, where both died just after midnight. A third person was shot but is expected to survive. No one has been arrested and police have not identified a suspect.

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Date
October 31, 2026
Location
Cook Out restaurant, John B. White Sr. Boulevard
Victims
Two teenagers killed (ages 15 and 17); one person wounded
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Spartanburg Police Chief Art Littlejohn speaks in the Cook Out parking lot on John B. White Sr. Boulevard, where two teens were killed in a shooting on Halloween night, Oct. 31, 2026. Credit: FOX Carolina

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    Update #1 — Teens Named; Police Chief Says "They Were Just Kids"

    The Spartanburg County Coroner's Office named the two teens who were killed: Jayden Marek Watson, 15, and Shane Carter Dawkins, 17. Police Chief Art Littlejohn said the young people had been out trick-or-treating and stopped to get something to eat when someone pulled out a gun and started shooting. "They were just kids," he said. Both teens will have forensic exams (autopsies) on Monday morning. Police ask anyone with information to call the Spartanburg Police Department.

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