Mary Carmichael, 23, and 26-year-old Jahquan Peterson were shot and killed during a home invasion and armed robbery at an apartment on Skyland Drive in Columbia, South Carolina, on the night of May 11, 2019. Investigators say two masked men with pistols ambushed Peterson as he returned home, forced him inside at gunpoint, and pistol-whipped him. Once inside, the assailants shot and killed Peterson. Carmichael, in an upstairs bedroom, fired at the intruders and wounded one; the attackers returned fire and killed her.

Shortly after the killings an 18-year-old, Genari Gresean McNeil, was arrested after presenting at a hospital with gunshot wounds to his wrist, leg, and head. Hospital surveillance footage reportedly shows another man, face concealed, dropping McNeil off before fleeing. McNeil’s blood was found at the crime scene; he was later tried, convicted of two counts of murder, armed robbery, first-degree burglary, and possession of a weapon, and sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 30 years. The second assailant’s identity remains publicly unknown and it is unclear whether he was ever arrested.

Did anyone in Columbia recognize the description of the second man or have information about his possible identity?