On the morning of December 8, 2016, gunfire on Patricia Drive in southeast Columbia ended James Turner’s life. Deputies found the 48-year-old unresponsive in a van outside his home around 7 a.m.; he was transported to Palmetto Health Richland Hospital and pronounced dead. The Richland County coroner determined Turner died from complications of multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body, with wounds fired at close range.

Investigators tied the shooting to an ongoing family dispute. Authorities identified 24-year-old Brian Neil White as an acquaintance of the Turner family; deputies arrested him that same morning at the Patricia Drive address and charged him with murder. Court records show prosecutors secured a murder conviction and a lengthy prison term, and state corrections records list the offense date as December 8, 2016.

If anyone knew James Turner, his routines, or the people in his household that morning, please share what might help clarify how a family dispute escalated to deadly gunfire.