A late-night altercation in Gadsden ended in gunfire and the death of 31-year-old Richard Lamar Patterson. On May 5, 2019, at about 1:30 a.m., deputies were sent to the 7900 block of Bluff Road after reports of a fight. Patterson, a Columbia resident, was found with gunshot wounds to his upper body and was taken to a hospital, where the Richland County Coroner’s Office recorded his time of death as 2:40 a.m. from multiple gunshot wounds.

The investigation remains open. Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects and no arrests have been announced. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in the area witness the fight or the shooting that night and can provide details to investigators?