A dispute in the front yard of a home on Gale River Road in Columbia ended in a fatal shooting in the early hours of January 19, 2018. Nineteen-year-old Khalil Anwar Cook was killed after a violent altercation around 2 a.m.; emergency medical services pronounced him deceased at the scene. Investigators believe the dispute was connected to drugs.

Police identified 20-year-old Louis Corbett as the person involved in the confrontation. Corbett returned to the scene about two hours after the incident and was arrested by Richland County Sheriff’s deputies. He was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and taken to the Richland County Detention Center.

Cook’s funeral services were held at Francis Burns United Methodist Church and he was buried at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. If anyone knew Khalil Cook or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.