On the afternoon of Monday, November 18, 2019, 29-year-old Michael Uzell Bates was found inside a vehicle on Winter Park Drive in Columbia, South Carolina, suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body. Richland County deputies pronounced him dead at the scene after responding to reports of a shooting around 5 p.m.

Investigators arrested two men the next day. Authorities took 21-year-old Dequon Jenkins and Zaequan Newhouse into custody; Jenkins was charged with murder and Newhouse was charged with accessory after the fact. Both were booked at the Richland County Detention Center. Motive and the specific circumstances that led to the shooting have not been released.

Did anyone in the Columbia area see or hear anything that afternoon on Winter Park Drive that could help explain what happened to Michael Bates?