On the night of Monday, May 10, 2021, 15-year-old Desmond Williams and his 17-year-old friend Reginald Nixon Jr. were shot at Madison Station Apartments on Ulmer Road in Columbia, South Carolina. Officers arrived shortly before 11 p.m.; Nixon was pronounced dead at the scene and Williams was taken to hospital but later died of his injuries. The Richland County Coroner, Naida Rutherford, confirmed both deaths were homicides.

Columbia Police canvassed the apartment complex and made public appeals for information, but no arrests have been announced and authorities have not identified a suspect or a motive. The double homicide is listed among unsolved cases by the City of Columbia Police Department’s Crimestoppers program and remains an open investigation.

Does anyone who lived near Madison Station Apartments that night or who knew Desmond or Reginald have information that could help investigators?