Randall Lambert was 45 and lived in North Charleston, South Carolina. Described by family and others as a hard worker who owned a successful auto shop and a devoted father to his daughter Ashlynn, Lambert was killed late the night of August 5, 2021, after an encounter outside the Back 9 Pub in the West Ashley area of Charleston.

Police say surveillance footage shows Joseph A. Collins sitting on a bench outside the pub talking with a woman he was dating when Lambert walked up and touched Collins on the head. Collins then shot Lambert. Officers responded to shots fired shortly after midnight on August 6, 2021, and found Lambert unresponsive in the parking lot; he was later pronounced dead and the coroner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound.

Authorities identified and arrested 33-year-old Joseph A. Collins of Ravenel; he was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and was booked into the Charleston County Detention Center. Does anyone have information about Lambert’s activities that night or witnessed the encounter outside the Back 9 Pub?