On July 27, 2017, Aaron Collins, 40, and his wife Sydni were shot and killed while stopped on their motorcycle at the intersection of Parklane Road and Claudia Drive in Columbia, South Carolina. Aaron suffered five gunshot wounds to his upper body and both were pronounced dead at a local hospital. A third motorcyclist at the scene was injured.

Investigators linked the killings to a dispute earlier that evening at a motorcycle club event. Two men, Ricardo Laroy Middleton and Marquez Johnson, were identified as suspects; Middleton was arrested in August 2017 and Johnson in September 2017. Prosecutors charged both with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder for the injured motorcyclist.

In August 2019 a jury convicted Middleton of the murder of Sydni Collins and in September 2019 he received a life sentence. The jury deadlocked on the murder count for Aaron Collins, and Middleton was acquitted of attempted murder; the murder charge for Aaron remained pending at the time of sentencing.