Christopher Ron-Mashaw Brown, 35, was found with a gunshot wound in his vehicle after a crash in the 1600 block of Omarest Drive in Columbia, South Carolina. Deputies from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department had been responding to reports of gunfire in the area around 3 a.m. on February 8, 2021; Brown was discovered about a mile from where the shots were reported. He was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

The sheriff’s department described the shooting as an isolated incident and opened an investigation. In the days after the discovery, no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests were reported. Authorities did not release a motive or detailed circumstances leading up to the shooting, and no other injuries were reported.

Anyone with information about Brown’s death is asked to contact the Richland County Sheriff’s Office.