Eugene Simpkins, 35, was fatally shot in a drive-by attack on the evening of May 19, 2020, while sitting outside a friend’s home at the Colony Woods Apartments on Laurens Street in Aiken, South Carolina. The shooting happened about 8:45 p.m.; Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables pronounced Simpkins dead at the scene at 9:05 p.m. after he sustained at least one gunshot wound. An autopsy was scheduled the next day in Newberry to further document the cause of death.

The Aiken Department of Public Safety opened an investigation and sought help from the public, offering a phone tip line, a mobile app, and an online submission form for anonymous information. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported and the case has gone cold, leaving family and friends without answers. If anyone has information about that night or the people who were in the area, please come forward.