Jayquan R. Hughes was 19 when he was shot and killed in Columbia, South Carolina. On the evening of November 26, 2018, deputies from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department responded about 8:30 p.m. to the 1800 block of Crestview Avenue after reports of a shooting. Hughes was found with a gunshot wound to his lower body, taken to a hospital, and later died; the coroner’s office confirmed a gunshot wound to the stomach as the cause of death.

Born August 3, 1999, to Natalie Sease and Johnny Hughes, Jayquan was remembered as quiet and down-to-earth, devoted to his family and fond of cooking on the grill and spending time with his siblings and cousins.

Investigators identified Tyshawn Carrigan as a suspect and asked for public help locating him, describing him as armed and dangerous; Carrigan was later arrested and charged in connection with Hughes’s death. If anyone knew Jayquan, saw activity on Crestview Avenue that night, or has information about the case, please come forward.