In the pre-dawn hours of a February morning in 2019 a mangled car was found in the woods off Interstate 77 near the Shop Road exit in Columbia, South Carolina. The vehicle had collided with the median and overturned multiple times; the 22-year-old driver, Shamar Johnson, was ejected and transported to a hospital with extensive injuries.

At the hospital medical staff discovered Johnson had been shot multiple times. The Richland County Coroner determined his death resulted from a combination of gunshot wounds to his upper body and the severe trauma from the crash. Investigators concluded Johnson had been shot at an unknown location and then crashed while trying to flee or seek help. No suspects or arrests were publicly identified in the weeks and months afterward and the motive remains unknown.

If anyone has information about where Johnson might have been before the crash or who could be connected to the shooting, please come forward.