Ahkeyra Phylann Raysor, a 22-year-old Black woman from Columbia, South Carolina, was killed in the early morning hours of December 22, 2022. Police were called for shots fired at the Burfield Apartments on Cambridge Avenue East in Greenwood at about 1 a.m.; they found Raysor in a bedroom with a gunshot wound and the Greenwood County Coroner pronounced her dead at the scene.

Detectives interviewed witnesses and processed the scene for evidence. Their investigation led to the arrest of 24-year-old Wilson Justice Smith, who was charged with murder and held at the Greenwood County Detention Center without bond. Authorities said the shooting does not appear connected to another recent deadly incident in the area. An autopsy was scheduled to confirm the exact cause of death, and the Greenwood Police Department’s investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone knew Ahkeyra Raysor or has information about what happened at the Burfield Apartments that night, please come forward.