Deangelo Prometheus Henderson, 20, was fatally shot at the intersection of Leesburg and Patterson roads in Columbia on June 16, 2017. He was taken to a hospital but died of a gunshot wound to the torso about an hour after the shooting. Investigators described the killing as retaliation for a prior dispute between Jordan Taylor’s brother and Henderson.

Two suspects were arrested: 20-year-old Freddie Lamont Mitchell Jr. and 17-year-old Jordan Taylor. Police say Henderson and a co-defendant had stopped at a convenience store, where Taylor got into the back seat and then allegedly whispered a plan to rob Henderson of his car. Taylor reportedly produced a gun and demanded Henderson give it up; a struggle ensued, shots were fired, the car stopped, and Henderson was killed. Surveillance footage captured two people near the scene and showed one hiding in bushes; the murder weapon was recovered there and matched evidence from the car. The co-defendant gave a written statement implicating Taylor.

If anyone knew Henderson, the people with him that day, or saw activity near Leesburg and Patterson on June 16, 2017, please come forward with information.