On September 30, 2018, in an apartment on Beatty Downs Road in Columbia, South Carolina, nearly two-year-old Tyreen McDowell was fatally shot. His 23-year-old father, James Antheny McDowell, was also shot; deputies found him in front of the residence and he died en route to the hospital, while Tyreen was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sheriff’s investigators described the incident as a home robbery and said there were no signs of forced entry, suggesting the victims may have known their assailants. Three people—Traevon Ray, Dyquan King, and Markelyis Gibson—were arrested and charged with two counts of murder and possessing a weapon during a violent crime. Authorities linked Dyquan King to a separate, gang-related shooting four days earlier in which 58-year-old Ronald Bonnette was killed after being caught in crossfire.

What details might help clarify motive or the sequence of events that night for anyone with information?