Khalief Denari Haltiwanger was 19 when he was killed on the evening of April 16, 2022, on Longwood Road in Columbia, South Carolina. According to reports, he had just stepped out of a vehicle when occupants still inside the car shot him; he died of gunshot wounds to his upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three men — 19-year-old Trenton Morris, 23-year-old Dedrick Garrick, and 24-year-old Narelius Stephens — were arrested in connection with the shooting and charged with murder, armed robbery, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Morris was reportedly wearing an electronic ankle monitor at the time and was already facing charges for a separate homicide earlier that year.

Sheriff Leon Lott framed the killing as part of a larger spike in youth and gun violence in Richland County; the arrests of Morris, Garrick, and Stephens were among ten arrests tied to four homicide investigations in a recent crackdown. If anyone knew Khalief, his movements that evening, or has information about this shooting, please come forward.