Bequan Antonio Recasner, 23, was killed on the afternoon of Friday, December 23, 2016, inside a home in the 100 block of Aster Circle in Columbia, South Carolina. An argument among several people escalated into a physical fight, and guns were drawn. Gunfire erupted and Recasner was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body; two other people were also wounded in the shootout.

That same night the Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested 39-year-old Joseph L. Jones and charged him with Recasner’s murder. Investigators believe multiple firearms were involved. Bequan, born June 23, 1993, was remembered by his family as a hardworking young man who left behind a son and a fiancée.

If anyone has information about the confrontation on Aster Circle or the people present that afternoon, please share what you know.