Islam Elijah Bonner was 20 when he was found dead in a vehicle in the 300 block of North Locus Street in Florence, South Carolina. The body was discovered on September 22, 2017; the Florence County Coroner determined Bonner had sustained a gunshot wound and ruled the death a homicide.

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit opened an active homicide investigation. Investigators sought information from the public, but news reports and follow-up accounts have not recorded any arrests or identified suspects tied to the killing. Motive and the circumstances leading to Bonner’s death have not been publicly explained.

If anyone has information about Islam Elijah Bonner, his activities in Florence in late summer 2017, or the people who might have been with him, please share what is known with investigators.