Alan Philpeon Johnson, III was 24 when he was killed in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 9, 2022, in North Charleston, South Carolina. Officers were called to a residence on Suzanne Drive at about 3:58 a.m. for a medical call. Emergency medical services pronounced Johnson dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

Johnson, a native of Sumter, had earned a scholarship to Morris College and was remembered by his family as an honor student with a fun-loving, kind personality who had overcome adversity. North Charleston police investigators determined that 21-year-old Asherai Gadsden was involved in the incident; she was arrested and charged with murder and is being held at the Al Cannon Detention Center. Johnson’s mother, Latarasha Foy-Richardson, said investigators believed two other suspects had not yet been apprehended.

The North Charleston Police Department’s investigation remains ongoing. Does anyone have information about Johnson, the Suzanne Drive residence, or the events that night?