Brandon Van Dyke was 30 when he was shot on the evening of February 2, 2022, at The Landings at Forest Place Apartments on Covenant Road in Columbia, South Carolina. Officers found him inside a car with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries. The shooting was believed to be motivated by robbery.

Brandon was a Dreher High School and College of Charleston graduate, and family remembered him as a cherished son, brother, and nephew. The Forest Acres Police Department, assisted by other agencies, investigated the case and identified a suspect, 19-year-old Tyrik Hamadii Edgerton. Less than a week after the shooting, Edgerton was arrested at the same apartment complex and charged with murder; investigators said they were still working to determine whether others were involved.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Brandon, please share what you know.