Adaam Abdussalam, 26, was shot multiple times and killed outside the Park Apartments on Longcreek Drive in Columbia, South Carolina, in the minutes after midnight on March 29, 2022. Deputies found him lying outside an apartment building at 1601 Longcreek Drive; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. The Richland County Coroner, Naida Rutherford, confirmed his identity the next day.

The attack occurred in a shared outdoor space residents used every day, not inside a particular unit. Investigators processed the scene and interviewed witnesses; the Richland County Sheriff’s Department described the shooting as an isolated incident and said persons of interest had been identified but released no names.

Neighbors and a community organizer connected this killing to broader problems in the area after another fatal shooting at the same complex weeks earlier on February 19, 2022. Family and friends remembered Abdussalam as deeply religious, artistic, funny, and devoted to loved ones. If anyone has information about what happened outside the Park Apartments that night, please contact Crimestoppers.