Arlin Moreno was 17 when he was found fatally wounded by gunfire near a playground in Columbia, South Carolina, on the evening of November 1, 2021. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department treated the death as a homicide and opened an investigation into the shooting.

Within a day of Moreno’s death, authorities announced an arrest: a teenager was taken into custody in connection with the shooting. Investigators indicated the shooting stemmed from an altercation that escalated and resulted in the fatal shots. Further specifics about the dispute and the arrested teen were not widely released as the case moved through the justice system.

If anyone has information about Arlin Moreno, the events on November 1, 2021, or the circumstances around that playground area, please come forward.