You have a well renowned attorney like Ben Crump who has to go back and forth with law enforcement in order to get them to release footage and so are we. Only difference is Avery’s shooting isn’t a police involved shooting but yet they won’t release all of the records. Many people speculate that law enforcement is hiding information especially when it involves a police officer shooting an unarmed black person but in Avery’s case this is black on black. So why withhold the evidence? Unless…..

Hello, my name is Danielle McQueen-Reed. My brother Avery McQueen was shot & killed in Columbia SC (Richland County) December 17th 2020. 

The defendant was granted immunity February 20th 2025 (Stand Your Ground) & the case is now closed.

If the defendant didn’t receive immunity he still would have had an opportunity to appeal but we (the family) did not get an opportunity to appeal the judges ruling. The state never presented us the option and when asked about it, they said no in so many words.

We find it troubling that the solicitor would charge Christopher Lovell with murder and possession of a weapon as if they had enough to convict but when it’s time to appeal, all of sudden they don’t have enough and the family had to wait 4 1/2 years to hear a judge grant the killer of our loved one immunity with no push back from the state.

Does that seem right to you? Why charge him with murder from the beginning? Does any of this sound logical or reasonable to you? Christopher would have been able to choose any defense attorney if he had the means to do so but we couldn’t choose any attorney to appeal on our behalf. 

We do not believe Christopher Lovell was the shooter and even if he was the shooter, we do not believe all of the Stand Your Ground elements were met.

We requested all an FOIA with the Fifth Circuit Solicitors Office April 21st 2025 & only received some of the requested records June 26th 2025.

After asking her a denial letter in writing and the reasons cited, we have received this letter from Solicitor Anthony Goldman. 

Based on the response attached from Solicitor Anthony Goldman, we wanted to know whether your office could assist in getting us more of the requested records. We also believe that Christopher Lovell was not the shooter & even if he was the shooter, we believe all of the elements of Stand Your Ground were not met. 

We were advised to reach out to the clerk of courts to get the stand your ground hearing transcript or would you be able to assist with that.

We don’t mind helping to retrieve as much information as we can. 

Our issue is, how are the 19 photos we did receive okay to show?

They showed us the top of Avery’s feet, bottom legs, arms, knees, chest  but failed to show bottom of feet, thighs, hands front and back, elbows, under arm pit, full neck, full face, head all the way around, his back, his groin and his buttocks? 

Why can’t the family see his entire body? Why wouldn’t my mom be able to get a copy of the autopsy and the photos before and after the autopsy?

Also, when Solicitor Anthony mentions, “However, we found that some of the photos to be highly gratuitous and therefore exempt under Section

30-4-40(a)(3)(C)” well what is a shooting scene supposed to look like?

If Avery didn’t have any wounds on his body as experts have testified to and the only wound he had was the bullet wound then why could we not see the rest of his body at the scene (apartment). The photos they gave us looked like Avery was at the coroners office or away from the scene, so why can’t we see his entire body there or why did they only give us photos that showed parts of the body? Why those parts specifically and not the other parts?

Why didn’t investigators push back on every claim that was made by Porche, Christopher & Tito?

Why didn’t they provide proof of these claims?

 

 I mean everything they said about before, during, & after the shooting?
Why didn’t the state appeal this case?

Why did they charge Christopher with murder in the first place?

Why was Porche and Tito never charged with anything?

Why did they test Porche for gun powder residue twice?
Once at the scene after she claimed she washed her hands then she went to the bathroom at the precinct then they tested her again towards the end of her interview with Detective William Hilton?

Law enforcement took 184 photos during their investigation & we only received 19 photos

All of the photos of Avery are at the coroners office not at the scene (the apartment)

They did not show us Avery’s full body (his head, face, teeth, we can see blood on both hands but we can’t see his full hand, fingers, thighs, bottom of feet, the back of his body

They only gave us 2 videos of law enforcement questioning Porsche & Tito

They gave us 2 phone calls (911 calls)

There are no photos/videos of the birthday party that night

There are no interviews or statements from the party goers that night 

There are no interviews or statements from neighbors who may have heard a gunshot and what time it took place

There is a document tracing the purchase of the weapon made by Porche

There is no photo of the gun & the gun was not shown at the stand your ground hearing 

There is a diagram of the apartment showing Avery’s body under a table 
There are warrants and an incident report 

There is a toxicology report for Avery but no one else

Check out the tiny holes in both of Avery’s pants near right thigh but no photos of the skin on his thighs 

The defense said Avery was so much bigger than Christopher. The incident reported Christopher’s height at 5’9 weighing 140 pounds. Look at Avery’s body

Look at his legs and how thin he is 

Porche told law enforcement she didn’t know any of the party goers
Where is the proof a party actually existed?

Go through each element of stand your ground 

Porche told law enforcement Avery was leaving to go live in Sumter SC before he was killed. He was going to Sumter  SC for Christmas to be with our mother and sister but never made it 

Porche credibility on all the Claims she made…..

Proof that she gave Avery CPR with no blood on her body on clothing
she said she had to call Avery’s mom that night well why didn’t she call Christopher’s mom

Proof that her & Christopher were a couple

Proof that Tito wasn’t there because he said he was

Why would she leave a gun on the counter when there were people there she did not know? 

Is this negligence at minimum?

The arguments were over nothing or she couldn’t say what the arguments were about?

Well what were they saying to each other?

She claimed she wasn’t arguing with Avery but Christopher testified that she was yet he never said about what either 

Why no push back on these claims

How many interviews did she do with law enforcement because we only have 1

Detective said she was a potential suspect?

Based on what?

If so, why wasn’t she charged and arrested?

Seems like a lot of claims have been made by Christopher, Tito & Porche yet most of them have not been confirmed by any facts

How did these claims go unchecked but yet be given credibility with no proof?

I have the judges summary and I broke everything he said down like so….

Judge Heath P Taylor stated the following in your summary under

 “Findings of Facts” 

Earlier in the day, several friends joined the Defendant, Avery McQueen, and Rollins to celebrate the Defendant's birthday.

 

*Now how would he know that? When the the defense never presented photos/videos & the other witnesses who joined this so-called birthday party because none of them testified at the stand your ground hearing and I haven’t seen any of their statements about the party? Such as who was there? How was everything going? How was Avery acting during the party? Is Avery in any of the photos/videos taken at the party, anyone posted any of this on social media? The judge couldn’t even tell me if Tito or Porche was at the party other than their statement. Well, where is the evidence to back up the statement that a birthday party actually took place since you mentioned it as a FACT? Where is his proof?

 

*Whenever a person has an insurance claim they can say anything. But the insurance company needs evidence to back your claim. I have never seen or heard of any legal case where people can say whatever they want without backing up their claim. 

 

Judge also said, “Ms. Scott returned to the
residence around 10:00 PM in order to cook a meal for the Defendant's birthday. The Defendant, McQueen, and Rollins were in the living room consuming alcohol, playing video games, and watching football. Upon her return, Scott placed her purse, keys, and a loaded firearm on a counter in the kitchen as was her habit upon arriving at home.”

 

*I wonder if he knew that Porche told law enforcement the night of the shooting that she didn’t know any of the people who came to the party when she arrived home? I wonder if he thought it was odd for a person to leave a firearm on the counter in a room full of people she don’t know? Better yet, I wonder what his legal thoughts were on that? Does negligence, unlawful carrying, or even manslaughter come to mind considering that supposedly Avery and Christopher were arguing and tussling and people were high on alcohol and marijuana not to mention the marijuana being out in the open? It’s SC not CA. 

 

Judge said, “There is some discrepancy in the testimony
as to the next sequence of events.”

*There were discrepancies about the facts before the shooting, during the shooting and even after the shooting that for some odd reason he totally ignored.

 

Judge said, “Scott testified that not long after she returned home, she retired to her bedroom to shower and change clothes and heard individuals arguing in the front of the apartment. The Defendant testified that he went to take a shower and after getting out of the shower, he heard arguing in the living room between Scott and McQueen. Nonetheless, an altercation ensued involving the Defendant and McQueen. Scott and Rollins both testified that McQueen was a very different person when he consumed alcohol. The SLED toxicology report indicated that McQueen's blood alcohol concentration was 0.15% and that his urine and vitreous fluids were positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.”

 

*So was he bias? He used the alcohol and marijuana against my brother Avery but he failed to use the alcohol and marijuana against Porche, Tito & Christopher. Why not? If Porche and Christopher accused the other of arguing with Avery then how did he know whether Avery was the aggressor? They are both stating entirely 2 different things? Which one is telling the truth or are they both liars and if they are telling 2 different stories about who was arguing with who, which one did he believe because he couldn’t have believed both? Scott and Rollins testified that Avery was a very different person when he was intoxicated yet Avery never picked up the gun that sat on the counter everyday to shoot anyone not even the night he was killed so how likely would it have been for Avery to be the aggressor when they claimed when he was toxicated he would get angry but they never said he would get into a physical altercation with anyone. So not only did something different happen that night but did you realize that none of them said what they all were arguing about? Tito said he was arguing with Avery, about what? Porche accuses Christopher of arguing with Avery, about what? Christopher accused Porche of arguing with Avery, about what? The devil is in the details. The details that were not presented by the defense., but yet judge Taylor granted immunity anyway. 

 

Judge said, “While outside, McQueen took off his shirt as if he intended to fight Rollins in the parking lot. At some point shortly thereafter, McQueen returned to the apartment from the parking lot. 

*Well Porche told detective Hilton that night that she just saw them go downstairs. She never mentioned them going to the parking lot. As a matter of fact she said she just knew they went downstairs she claim she didn’t know where Tito went even though Tito claimed he was right there in the middle of the shooting. Experts testified that Avery had no other wounds on him showing where someone was fighting him back because remember the narrative that Christopher told was that he basically took a beating from Avery but I guess because Avery didn’t have wounds on his body, then it’s safe to say him and Tito never got into a physical altercation because now that would be a bit bizarre for someone to claim Avery was in 2 different physical altercations yet he didn’t sustain any wounds or injuries. So once again Avery was intoxicated, arguing yet him and Tito never became violent same as always according to their claims.

 

 

 

Judge said, “Regardless of these inconsistencies, it is clear that McQueen initiated an unprovoked attack on the Defendant.

*Now how could he arrive at this level of clarity with so many inconsistencies that even he pointed to? How was he able to get clarity from all of these different stories about what took place before, during and after the shooting? How was he able to get to a conclusion that the attack was unprovoked? Tito says he witnessed the shooting, Christopher said Tito was on the balcony & Porche said Tito wasn’t there at all. How did he get clarity? Context matters! This isn’t clarity, this is doubt.

 

To circle back to the drugs, if I am not mistaken, Christopher has a history of drug offenses but once again none of that mattered when it came to his ruling.

 

Judge said, “McQueen was larger than the Defendant and according to Scott, the Defendant had no avenue of retreat as McQueen was blocking the Defendant from getting out of the kitchen.

*Did the judge see the photos of Avery at the scene or at the coroners office? Did he see how thin my brother was? They had Christopher down at about 140 pounds and 5’9. Look at my brother’s body and tell me how much larger was Avery vs Christopher. Even Porche told detective Hilton that Avery and Christopher were the same size. How did judge Taylor miss that? 

 

If Avery was blocking the defendant from leaving the kitchen and he was shot in the middle of the upper chest how did Avery’s body get under the table in a straight pattern if Christopher was in the kitchen? I would like someone to walk me through that because the science doesn’t add up?

 

Judge said, “Defendant's Exhibit 50 shows abrasion injuries on the face of the Defendant which is consistent with the testimony from Scott and the Defendant with regard to the kitchen cabinet.

*The defendant used Porche’s gun, left the scene, in the wind for 4 days, never reported that he shot someone at all, and claimed he sustained injuries from an altercation that took place 4 days earlier.

If you were in a car accident and you left the scene before police could arrive and failed to report that you hit someone with your car. The insurance company responded to you because of the claim made by the person you hit but you then hired an accident attorney to say that it wasn’t your fault and/or that you sustained these injuries, do you think you would win that case or does the word “insurance fraud” come to mind? I have a better question. What if the attorneys/insurance asked to see the vehicle and for you to have the vehicle assessed for repairs but you no longer had the vehicle? You are probably wondering why I would compare an automobile to a life. Well I was wondering if the automobile insurance/attorneys wouldn’t allow this to happen why would a judge presiding over a criminal case where someone lost their life allow this small amount of proof to slide and call it self defense?

 

Judge said, “There are four elements a defendant must establish to justify the use of deadly force under the common law doctrine of self-defense:

 

(1) The defendant must be without fault in bringing on the difficulty;

*If you are high on drugs and arguing you are not without fault, you are a part of the problem, you played a part in the aggression not to mention Christopher’s legal  history of drug charges

 

 

(2) The defendant must have actually believed he was in imminent danger of losing his life or sustaining serious bodily injury, or he actually was in such imminent danger;

*If Avery always got angry when he was drinking, and Christopher has a history of drug issues, I think it’s safe to say Avery wasn’t getting high by himself. Tito told Detective Hilton that Avery and Christopher always had arguments which mean this was a norm for both of them. Therefore the likely hood that Christopher was in imminent danger by Avery becomes highly questionable and your reasoning is in question when you are high on drugs about what is a reasonable level of fear and danger. Anger plus alcohol plus marijuana plus history plus a gun equals a good opportunity for someone to claim they feared for their life yet the physical evidence doesn’t support it. The drugs in Christopher’s system doesn’t support it, his DUI charges meant that he is not a reasonable person or thinker because if he was he wouldn’t get behind the wheel while intoxicated and he definitely wouldn’t do it more than once not to mention his marijuana possession charges.

 

 

(3) If his defense is based upon his belief of imminent danger, a reasonably prudent man of ordinary firmness and courage would have entertained the same belief. If the defendant actually was in imminent danger, the circumstances were such as would warrant a man of ordinary prudence, firmness, and courage to strike the fatal blow in order to save himself from Page 5 of 10 serious bodily harm or losing his own life; and

*I just addressed this above.

 

(4) The defendant had no other probable means of avoiding the danger of losing

his own life or sustaining serious bodily injury than to act as he did in this particular instance.

*There is no way Christopher was in the kitchen when this happened. The idea of the gun being on the counter when other people were there and Porche didn’t know them is highly questionable, Tito even told Detective Hilton he didn’t know where the gun came from yet Porche claimed she left it there everyday.

The angle of the bullet and Avery’s body in respect to Christopher being inside the kitchen doesn’t add up. 

 

*This idea that the defendant doesn’t have to retreat and allow them to retreat for 4 days after the shooting and still grant them immunity is contradictory. Whenever you have this amount of discrepancies this create doubt. This case is the State of SC vs Christopher Lovell not the State of SC vs Avery McQueen.

 

As I stated earlier, we do not believe Christopher was the shooter, as a matter of fact we never have. Porche claimed she didn’t see Christopher pull the trigger she just heard the gun go off, she also claim Tito wasn’t there but Tito said not only was he there, he tried to talk Christopher down but Christopher says that Tito was on the balcony when he shot Avery, so the only person who claimed to have actually seen Christopher shoot Avery and seen the gun in his hand was Tito but Christopher says Tito did not see him shoot Avery & if Porche didn’t see Christopher shoot Avery, then excuse my language, “who in the hell did?”

Even if Christopher was the shooter, the defense didn’t prove anything and they definitely did not prove that every element of stand your ground was met but immunity was granted anyway.

If you are not following The Angie & Avery Foundation via most social media platforms & would like to view all of the evidence submitted in this case or view what they will supply us, all of the documents, 911 calls & interviews will be posted there

Avery’s case need to be reopened & reinvestigated. Most of what has been said has not been backed with evidence & the judge said this was “Stand Your Ground” not to mention we the family was not given an opportunity to appeal the judge’s decision.

If this case is truly Stand Your Ground then this law is a serious problem & it need to be amended

If the same events occurred and the shooter was a police officer of a different race, there would probably be an uproar and/or more signatures, more shares

If this was a white man or a white woman shooting an unarmed black man there would probably be an uproar and/or more signatures, more shares

People were in an uproar over Trayvon Martin because Zimmerman was of a different race, Trayvon was young and stalked but mostly because Zimmerman was not black and Trayvon was

When it’s Black on Black people are rarely in an uproar, they won’t sign, they won’t share

As a matter of fact most are silent!

The message is loud & clear:

Black Lives Don’t Matter unless it’s a police officer killing an unarmed black person or someone acting as a police officer such as we saw with Trayvon Martin & George Zimmerman

The Angie & Avery Foundation has answered the call

 https://www.angieaveryfoundation.com/

Justice for Avery!

 

*Remember George Zimmerman shot & killed Trayvon Martin?

*The world was in an uproar when Trayvon Martin was shot & killed!

*Even when there was no video!

*The world was in an uproar when George Zimmerman was acquitted!

*What was His Defense?

*Stand Your Ground!

*Most People Never Heard of Stand Your Ground until the George Zimmerman case!

Sensible Americans don’t need Senseless Laws

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My name is Danielle McQueen-Reed. I am the eldest sister of the late Avery Clinton McQueen, who was tragically shot and killed on December 17th, 2020, in Richland County, Columbia, South Carolina.

The heartache our family endures is compounded by the system's inadequacies that allow such tragedies to happen without consequence. On February 20th, 2025, and again on April 17th, 2025, our heartbreak was magnified when we received a call from the prosecutor's office, informing us that the judge had granted immunity to the defendant under the stand your ground law. If you have started a cause/petition already and have not been able to get any legislative change to the stand your ground laws, let’s partner together so that we become one voice! Let’s urge Congress to pass a bill to abolish stand your ground laws. This country already have self defense laws, there was no need for stand your ground laws to help people make up stories, use their story against the victim, leave the scene, get rid of weapons, and still claim self defense after all of that. It’s senseless. Stand your ground laws, designed to protect citizens, have instead created loopholes that allow individuals to evade punishment, even in clear cases of avoidable violence. Since their implementation, numerous studies have suggested that these laws exacerbate violent situations rather than resolve them. According to research conducted by the American Bar Association, states with stand your ground laws have experienced a significant increase in homicide rates—approximately 8% more than states without such laws. This increase in violence affects countless families, leading to devastating losses that no family should have to face. Moreover, the enforcement of stand your ground laws is often inconsistent and biased, disproportionately affecting communities of color. A study by the Urban Institute found that in states with these laws, white-on-black homicides were 350% more likely to be ruled justified compared to white-on-white homicides. Such statistics highlight the systemic racial biases embedded in the application of these laws. We are urging Congress to take immediate action to abolish stand your ground laws across the United States, or, at the very least, implement drastic amendments to ensure that these laws serve their intended purpose of protecting families and not leaving them shattered. By amending these laws, we can hold accountable those who misuse them and bring justice to countless victims like my brother, Avery. Our family’s tragedy is just one among many, and with your support, we can advocate for change to prevent more families from experiencing the heartache that ours endures. Please sign this petition to demand Congress address these flawed laws and to ensure a safer and more just society for everyone.