Background: The warehouse in North Charleston, S.C. where David Perry was found dead (Google Maps). Inset: Charles Gordon Perry (Charleston County Sheriff’s Office).
A South Carolina man who was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of his brother may have left behind an incriminating to-do list.
Charles Gordon Perry, 55, was arrested in December 2024 after his brother, David Perry, 51, was reported missing before he was found dead of a gunshot wound in a warehouse. Evidence found near the scene, including a backpack containing a gun, led police to the elder Perry brother, who showed up at the warehouse while police were there, asking if his brother was having a medical emergency. Police said in a report at the time that Perry allegedly had “red spots on his shoes” that “looked to be blood.”
Among other evidence found at the warehouse — which housed Carolina Sound Communications, a family business that employed both brothers and other members of the Perry family — was a handwritten list of items. According to a new court filing in the case that was obtained by WCIV, a local ABC affiliate, the notepad reportedly resembled a to-do list, with words including:
Gun
Kill Cameras
Unique Pants, Unique Shirt-longsleeve, Unique Socks
Hammer
To Do: Leave Phone, Leave iPad
Home: Burn clothes/Rag/Suit, Clean & Toss Casings, Gun.”
The Feb. 6 filing requested a warrant to force Perry to provide a sample of his handwriting. A detective reportedly wrote in the affidavit that an employee at the warehouse who had familiarity with Perry’s handwriting for several years allegedly identified the handwriting in the note in question as Perry’s. A judge granted the motion and ordered that Perry be held without bond.
After David Perry was found dead on Dec. 18, 2024, Charles Perry was questioned by police when he arrived at the warehouse. According to the police report, which was obtained by WCSC, a local CBS affiliate, Perry was confronted with the backpack containing the gun, which was found down the street from the scene of the alleged crime. He reportedly admitted that the backpack and its content belonged to him, but said he hadn’t seen the gun for “about two days.” It was during that interaction that the police noticed “red spots” on Perry’s shoes and pants that resembled blood.
Police also discovered that two hours of security camera footage were missing from the system.
Perry was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
