In the late afternoon of May 31, 2018, Markese Jones, 26, was shot on the 1700 block of Carolina Road in Columbia, South Carolina. Deputies from the Richland County Sheriff’s Office answered reports of shots fired at about 4:40 p.m. and found Jones with a gunshot wound to his lower body. He was taken to Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital and died about an hour later.

Authorities detained 61-year-old Jerry Lewis Richardson of Columbia at the scene. Richardson was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and was booked into the Richland County Detention Center.

Jones was known by the nickname RED and remembered as loyal, funny and easy to get along with. His obituary lists his mother, Tonya Jones, and his sons Shel’jon Jones and Maruiel Patterson among his survivors. Does anyone have information about that afternoon on Carolina Road or knew Markese and can add details?