Batesburg-Leesville police investigators working to identify suspects in Ash Street homicide

Batesburg-Leesville, SC 08/21/2025 (Paul Kirby) – Investigators with the Batesburg-Leesville Police Department are in the early stages of an investigation into a homicide which happened just after midnight on Thursday, August 21, 2025. According to the Department, when officers arrived at the scene in the 500 block of Ash Street, which is southeast of US Hwy. 1, they found a man in the yard of a home who was deceased. He had multiple gunshot wounds. At this point, the Lexington County Coroner’s Office was notified.

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher says that the man who was killed was Scottrell Juarez West, 37, of Monetta, SC.

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Currently, investigators with the Batesburg-Leesville Police Department, assisted by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, have gathered evidence, interviewed any witnesses that were on the scene at the time of the shooting, and are beginning the process of trying to understand exactly what took place.

This is an investigation that is still in its early stages. We will update this story as more information becomes available.