Damarest Dante Jackson, 22, was found lying unresponsive in the roadway on the 5600 block of Coley Road near Coley and Pincushion Roads in Richland County on the morning of December 31, 2017. The Richland County coroner determined Jackson died of a gunshot wound to the upper body but investigators said the wound had been inflicted sometime in December, so it was not immediately clear when the fatal shooting occurred or how long the body had been at that location.

Deputies concluded the killing was tied to drugs and that Jackson knew the people later accused in his death; authorities described the dispute as being over drugs rather than a random encounter. Arrests followed in January 2018: Robert Gibson, 36, was arrested January 20 and charged with murder and possession of marijuana, and Jhordan Clarke, 21, was arrested January 23 and charged with murder plus multiple drug and weapons-related counts.

Does anyone have information about Jackson, his activities in December 2017, or his acquaintances in the Columbia area?