A December 19, 2020 dispute inside the Motor City Market convenience store on Fairfield Road in Columbia, South Carolina, escalated into gunfire that killed 41-year-old Corey Donovon Smith. Smith and another man, Curtis Dinkins, had argued with a third man inside the store. Smith and Dinkins left with two other people and got into a parked car; the man they argued with, identified as James Jamar Toatley, followed them outside and opened fire into the vehicle.

The gunfire struck both Smith and Dinkins multiple times. Corey Smith died at the scene; Curtis Dinkins was taken to a hospital and later died. The two other occupants of the car were not injured. Law enforcement identified and arrested James Jamar Toatley; he was charged in the deaths and the shooting into the occupied vehicle. Video and audio from a gunshot detection system were used during the prosecution.

Does anyone have information about Smith’s movements that night or recollections from the Motor City Market on Fairfield Road?